Xavier Patier (5 March 1958,

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) is a high French Civil Service official and writer.

Biography

Graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, Xavier Patier is also a former student of the École nationale d'administration ( class "Solidarité"). Parallel to his administrative career, marked by several passages in the ministerial chambers, close to

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and Simone Veil, he devoted himself to the writing of his literary work, which earned him several prizes. He is one of the grandsons of former minister Edmond Michelet.

Works

*1986: ''Frère Honorat'', Éditions Gallimard *1988: ''Le Juge'', Gallimard, Cino Del Duca prize *1988: ''Le Migrateur'' *1990: ''Point d'orgue'', Gallimard *1992: ''Pour en finir avec le travail'', essay, La Table ronde *1994: ''Reste avec moi'', Gallimard *1994: ''Bientôt nous ne serons plus rien'', La Table ronde *1995: ''C'était pas si mal sous Giscard'', theatre, La Table ronde *1997: ''Trois minutes de soleil en plus'', short stories, La Table ronde *1996: ''Poison'', La Table ronde *1999: ''La Foire aux célibataires'', La Table ronde *2000: ''Horace à la campagne'', Les Belles-Lettres *2000: ''Les Trentenaires'', La Table ronde *2001: ''Le Démon de l'acédie'', La Table ronde *2001: ''L'Acquitté'', La Table ronde *2002: ''La Chasse'', essay, Le Cavalier bleu, prize *2002: ''Chasses à cœur ouvert'', with Pierre Moinot, Léon Mazzella and *2003: ''Laisser-courre'', La Table ronde *2004: ''Le Château absolu'', La Table ronde *2006 ''Le Roman de Chambord'', Éditions du Rocher, Patrimoine littéraire prize of the (2006) *2008: ''Le Silence des termites'', La Table ronde, Prix Roger Nimier (2009) *2010: ''Un arbre en hiver'', éditions Le Promeneur *2012: ''Chaux vive'', La Table ronde *2014: ''Blaise Pascal, la nuit de l'extase '', Éditions du Cerf, series "Épiphanie"

Honours

* Chevalier of the Ordre national du Mérite * Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (2004)

Distinctions

* Corresponding member of the Académie des beaux-arts (elected 21 octobre 2009, section des correspondants libres)

External links

Xavier Patier et la tentation de Port-Royal
on '' Valeurs actuelles''
''Le livre qui a changé ma vie'': Xavier Patier
on Famille chrétienne

on La Dépêche.fr

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