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Frédéric Beigbeder (; born 21 September 1965) is a French writer, literary critic and a TV presenter. He won the Prix Interallié in 2003 for his novel ''Windows on the World'' and the Prix Renaudot in 2009 for his book ''Un roman français''. He is also the creator of the Flore and Sade Awards. In addition, he is the executive director of Lui, a French adult entertainment magazine. ==Life and career== Beigbeder was born into a privileged family in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. His mother, Christine de Chasteigner, is a translator of mawkish novels (Barbara Cartland et al.); his brother is Charles Beigbeder, a businessman. He studied at the ''Lycée Montaigne'' and ''Louis-le-Grand'', and later at the ''Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris''. Upon graduation at the age of 24, he began work as a copywriter in Young & Rubicam,〔(beigbeder.net )〕 then as an author, broadcaster, publisher, and dilettante. In 1994, Beigbeder founded the "Prix de Flore", which takes its name from the famous and plush ''Café de Flore'' in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. The prize is awarded annually to a promising young French author. Vincent Ravalec, Jacques A. Bertrand, Michel Houellebecq are among those who have won the prize. In 2004, the tenth anniversary of the prize, it was awarded to the only American to ever receive it, Bruce Benderson. Three of Beigbeder's novels, ''99 Francs'', "L'amour dure trois ans" and ''Windows on the World'', are being adapted for the cinema. The film of ''Windows on the World'' will be directed by the French/English director Max Pugh. In 2002, he presented the TV talk show "Hypershow" on French channel Canal +, co-presented with Jonathan Lambert, Sabine Crossen and Henda. That year he also advised French Communist Party candidate Robert Hue in the presidential election. In 2005, he was, with others authors such as Alain Decaux, Richard Millet and Jean-Pierre Thiollet, one of the Beirut Book Fair's guests in the Beirut International Exhibition & Leisure Center, commonly (BIEL). He worked for a few years as an editor for Flammarion. He left Flammarion in 2006. His novel ''Un roman français'' was awarded the Prix Renaudot in November 2009.〔http://www.liberation.fr/livres/0101600870-frederic-beigbeder-prix-renaudot (French)〕 He writes columns in ''Le Figaro Magazine'' since 2010. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frédéric Beigbeder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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