Meet Philippe Claudel

Fri 27 March
Books & Ideas
Talks

Join acclaimed novelist and president of the Académie Goncourt, Philippe Claudel, who will be presenting his latest novel, Wanted, published by Stock in 2025.

In Wanted, a burlesque dystopia with the feel of a modern western, the author Philippe Claudel playfully stages characters inspired by Trump, Musk and Putin. With his incisive prose, he exposes the excesses of a hyperpower that has spiralled out of control.

Philippe Claudel will be in conversation with Arnaud de la Grange, UK and Ireland correspondent for Le Figaro, and writer.

After this talk, Philippe Claudel will join Arnaud de la Grange, president of the jury, to proclaim the winner of this year’s Choix Goncourt UK, organised by the Higher Education and Research department of the French Embassy.

  • Language: in French only
  • Price: £5

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Philippe Claudel

Philippe Claudel is a French novelist, playwright and film director. His most significant novels have been translated worldwide. He is the author of Les Âmes grises, published by Stock in 2003 and awarded the Prix Renaudot the same year; the novel was published in English as Grey Souls (Quercus). For Le Rapport de Brodeck (Stock, 2007), he received the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens in 2007; it was published in English as Brodeck’s Report (Quercus). In May 2024, he was elected President of the Académie Goncourt. His latest novel, Wanted, was published by Stock in 2025.

 

Arnaud de la Grange

Arnaud de la Grange is a journalist, UK and Ireland correspondent for Le Figaro, and a writer. His latest novel La Promesse du large won The Encre Marine Prize in 2024.

 

  • Picture: Philippe Claudel © DR
  • Picture: Arnaud de La Grange © Francesca Mantovani - Gallimard

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