Patrick Rambaud


Patrick Rambaud is a French writer.

Life

Born in Paris, France, with Michel-Antoine Burnier, he wrote forty pastiches. He wrote Le Journalisme sans peine. In 1970, he helped found the iconic magazine Actuel. In 2008, he was elected a member of L'Académie Goncourt, succeeding Daniel Boulanger. He remained a member for fourteen years, resigning the position in December 2022 for reasons of ill heath, and becoming an Honorary Member.

Awards

Rambaud received these awards for his book The Battle:

Works

English translations

  • The Battle. London: Picador, 2000; New York: Grove Press, 2001.
  • The Retreat. London: Picador, 2004; New York: Grove Press, 2004.
  • The Exile. London: Picador, 2005; Napoleon's Exile. New York: Grove Press, 2006.

Publications in French

Les Complots de la liberté, 1832, Grasset, 1976; with Michel-Antoine BurnierParodies, Balland, 1977; with Michel-Antoine Burnier; parodies of Simone de Beauvoir, Per Jakez Hélias, Marguerite Duras, Louis Aragon, Henry de Montherlant, Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari, André Malraux, Samuel Beckett, Emmanuelle Arsan, Boris Vian, François Mallet-Joris and Philippe Sollers, François Mitterrand, Roland Barthes, André Breton, Françoise Sagan, Maurice Clavel, Gérard de Villiers, Charles de GaulleFric-frac, Grasset, 1984La Mort d'un ministre, Grasset, 1985Comment se tuer sans avoir l'air, La Table Ronde, 1986Virginie Q., Balland, 1988; under the pseudonym Marguerite DurailleLe Visage parle., Balland, 1988Elena Ceausescu: carnets secrets, Flammarion, 1990Ubu président, Robert Laffont, 19901848, Grasset, 1994Les Mirobolantes Aventures de Fregoli, Robert Laffont, 1991Le Gros Secret: mémoires du labrador de François Mitterrand, Calmann-Levy, 1996; under the pseudonym BaltiqueMururoa mon amour, Lattès, 1996; under the pseudonym Marguerite DurailleLa Bataille, Grasset, 1997; reprint Librairie générale française, 1999Le Journalisme dans peine, Plon, 1997Les Aventures de mai, Grasset, 1998Il neigeait, Grasset, 2000; reprint Librairie générale française, 2002Bernard Pivot reçoit…, Grasset, 2001Comme des rats, Grasset, 2002L'Absent, Grasset, 2003Le Sacre de Napoléon, 2 décembre 1804, Michel Lafon, 2004L'Idiot du village, Grasset, 2005Le Chat botté, Grasset, 2006La Grammaire en s'amusant, Grasset, 2007Chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier, Grasset, 2008; chronicles the first six months of Sarkozy's presidency, in pastiche of Saint-Simon)Deuxième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier, Grasset, 2009Troisième chronique du règne de Nicolas Ier, Grasset, 2010François le Petit, Grasset, 2016Chronique d'une fin de règne, Grasset, 2017Quand Dieu apprenait le dessin, Grasset, 2018Emmanuel le Magnifique, Grasset, 2019Le Roman du canard, Points, 2019Les Cinq Plaies du Royaume, Grasset, 2020Morituri, Grasset, 2022