Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre | |
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Born | 20 March 1976
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
Known for | Novelist |
Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre (born 20 March 1976) is a French journalist and author.
Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on 20 March 1976, a descendant of Princess Isabelle d’Orléans. She won five literary prizes for her first novel and was a finalist for the Goncourt prize for début fiction. Her second novel won the Grand Prix du Roman in 2016. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Clermont-Tonnerre attended the Ecole Normale Supérieure though she didn't complete. She worked in investment banking in France and Mexico. Clermont-Tonnerre then became a columnist and journalist, currently working as the section editor on Point de Vue. [5] [6]