Sylvain Tesson
1972
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: travel literature
country of citizenship: France
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: Institut français de géopolitique
occupation: writer, novelist, radio personality, traveler, travel writer, geographer
award received: Prix Médicis essai, prix des Hussards, Prix Renaudot, Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, Prix Nice-Baie-des-Anges, Prix de la Page 112, Prix de la nouvelle, Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan Bergot, Knight of the National Order of Merit
position held: president
Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. For the latter book he received the Prix Renaudot. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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