François Sureau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

François Sureau

French lawyer, official and writer

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1957

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Profession: writer, lawyer, official

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

François Sureau (born 19 September 1957) is a French writer, lawyer and technocrat.
He was born in the 14th arrondissement of Paris and educated at the École nationale d'administration (ENA).
He is a co-founder and co-director of the French Review of Economics.
He is also the founding president of the Association Pierre Claver which assists refugees and displaced persons who have arrived in France.
He is also a member of the editorial board of the journal Commentary. Sureau has won a number of prizes for his literary works.
These include La Corruption du siècle, winner of the Prix Colette in 1988; L'Infortune, winner of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1990; Le Sphinx de Darwin, winner of the Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle in 1997; and Les Alexandrins which won the Prix Méditerranée in 2003.