Franz-Olivier Giesbert
Franz-Olivier Giesbert | |
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 Giesbert in 2022 | |
| Born | January 18, 1949 |
| Nationality | French American |
| Education | Centre de formation des journalistes |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Columnist |
Franz-Olivier Giesbert (born January 18, 1949) is an American-born French journalist, author, and television presenter.[1]
Giesbert worked for Le Figaro from 1988 to 2000 and for Le Point starting in 2000.[1]
In 2013, he wrote the scenario of a documentary about his relationship with the former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, secrets d’une présidence. ("Nicholas Sarkozy, secrets of a presidency").[2]
Giesbert hosts the cable television, weekly, literary show Le Gai Savoir on Paris Première. In 1999, the show won the Richelieu price of the Association for the Defense of French Language. Since October 2011, he hosts Les Grandes Questions on France 5. And starting in 2012, he also hosts on France 3 the monthly show Le Monde d'après ("The world after").[3]
Controversies[edit]
In 2007, he wrote the biography of Marseille's mobster Jacky le Mat, l'Immortel, adapted by Richard Berry.[4]
In 2018, he was attacked by Asia Argento and Marlène Schiappa for claiming that actresses who accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault had to know what they were getting into. This was decried as gaslighting, slut shaming and victim blaming.[5]
In 2021, the pedophile writer Gabriel Matzneff described Giesbert as an unwavering support.[6] Giesbert was criticized by Laure Adler for complaining that people didn't speak French at the Marseille train station.[7]
Selected novels[edit]
- L'Affreux ("The ugly"), Grasset, 1992 (Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, 1992)
- La Souille ("The soil"), Grasset, 1995 (Prix Interallié, 1995)
- Un très grand amour ("A great love"), Gallimard, 2010 (Prix Alain Duménil, 2010)
- La cuisinière d'Himmler (Himmler's cook"), Gallimard, 2013 (Globe de Cristal Awards winner, 2014)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Franz-Olivier Giesbert L'enfant devenu roi". Le Nouvel Économiste. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ Galiero, Emmanuel (11 April 2013). "Giesbert décrypte Sarkozy pour France 3" [Giesbert decodes Sarkozy for France 3]. Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Helfer, Benjamin (30 August 2019). "Franz-Olivier Giesbert, appelé au dernier moment dans ONPC : Je vais essayer de lire vaguement les bouquins" [Franz-Olivier Giesbert, called on ONPC for at the last minute: I will try to vaguely read the books]. Télé Loisirs (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Sur les traces de «L'Immortel» à Marseille". 27 April 2009.
- ^ "Asia Argento excédée par les propos de Franz-Olivier Giesbert". 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Dans son livre auto-édité, Gabriel Matzneff rend hommage à "cinq soutiens indéfectibles"". 11 February 2021.
- ^ "Polémique entre FOG et Laure Adler: «Il n'y a rien de "tendancieux" à aimer la France et sa langue !»". 10 November 2021.
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