Érik Orsenna
Érik Orsenna (pseudonym of Erik Arnoult, born March 22, 1947 in Paris ) is a French writer and scholar.
Érik Orsenna is a member of the Académie française. For his novel L' Exposition coloniale he received the 1988 Prix Goncourt. For the book White plantations ( Orig: Voyage aux pays du coton: petit précis de mondialisation ) he was awarded the second prize of the Lettre Ulysses Award in 2006.
He is co-author of several screenplays, including for the film Indochine.
Scientific papers published by the economist Dr. Erik Arnoult under his real name.
Theses
Works (selection)
- German: White plantations. A journey through our globalized world C. H. Beck, Munich, 2007. ISBN 3-406-55917-4 or ISBN 978-3-406-55917-4
- German: Big South - A journey into the world of Antarctica, translated by Holger Fock and Sabine Müller, CH Beck, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-56958-6 ( review: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 28, 2008, p 38).
- German: The future of water. A trip around our world, translated by Caroline Vollmann, CH Beck, Munich 2010 ISBN 978-3-406-59898-2 ( review by Andreas Platthaus in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on 17 March 2010, page L10)