Olivier Guez | |
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 Guez in 2025 | |
| Born | (1974-06-15)15 June 1974 (age 51) Strasbourg, France |
| Alma mater | Institut d'études politiques de Strasbourg London School of Economics College of Europe |
| Occupations | Writer, journalist |
| Known for | Winner of the 2017Prix Renaudot |
Olivier Guez (French pronunciation:[ɔlivjeɡɛz]; born 15 June 1974) is a French journalist, essayist and writer. He won the 2017Prix Renaudot for his novelThe Disappearance of Josef Mengele (La disparition de Josef Mengele).[1]
Guez was born and grew up inStrasbourg. His maternal grandmother introduced him to reading at a very young age.
He studied atSciences Po Strasbourg, theLondon School of Economics and theCollege of Europe. He worked as a freelance journalist, forThe New York Times,Le Monde, theFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung,Le Figaro Magazine,L'Express,Le Point,Politique Internationale,Der Freitag,Der Tages Anzeiger, Das Magazin andIl Foglio.
Between 2000 and 2005, he worked as a reporter in the International Economy Department ofLa Tribune. He wrote Surveys and reports on Central Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, the European Union, and the geopolitics of oil. He wrote his first book,La Grande Alliance, in collaboration withFrédéric Encel,
In 2017, he wrote a biographical novelThe Disappearance of Josef Mengele, (awarded thePrix Renaudot). It documentsJosef Mengele (1911–1979),Nazi German officer, war criminal who worked as a doctor atAuschwitz.[2][3][4]The Disappearance of Josef Mengele was one of eight novels in the second selection for the 2017Prix Goncourt.[5]
In 2024, he wrote another biographical novel,Mesopotamia, that telles the story ofGertrude Bell, an English explorer and archeologist, who had a major role in the creation ofIraq, in the 20's.
