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'''Chantal Thomas''' (born 1945, in [[Lyon, France|Lyon]]) is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, ''Farewell, My Queen'', won the [[Prix Femina]] and was adapted into a [[Farewell, My Queen|2012 film]] starring [[Diane Kruger]] and [[Léa Seydoux]].
'''Chantal Thomas''' ({{IPA|fr|ʃɑ̃tal tɔma}}; born 18 October 1945) is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, ''Farewell, My Queen'', won the [[Prix Femina]] and was adapted into a [[Farewell, My Queen|2012 film]] starring [[Diane Kruger]] and [[Léa Seydoux]].


==Career==
==Career==
Thomas was born in Lyon in 1945, and was raised in [[Arcachon]], [[Bordeaux]], and [[Paris]]. Her life has included teaching jobs at American and French universities (such as [[Yale]] and [[Princeton University|Princeton]]) as well as a publishing career. She has published nineteen works, including essays on the [[Marquis de Sade]], [[Casanova]], and [[Marie Antoinette]].<ref name=frenchbio>{{Cite web|url=http://laregledujeu.org/encyclopedie/2010/05/11/144/chantal-thomas/ |title=Chantal Thomas |publisher=Encyclopédie des auteurs |language=French |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref>
Thomas was born in Lyon in 1945 and was raised in [[Arcachon]], [[Bordeaux]], and [[Paris]]. Her life has included teaching jobs at American and French universities (such as [[Yale]] and [[Princeton University|Princeton]]) as well as a publishing career. She has published nineteen works, including essays on the [[Marquis de Sade]], [[Casanova]], and [[Marie Antoinette]].<ref name=frenchbio>{{Cite web |url=http://laregledujeu.org/encyclopedie/2010/05/11/144/chantal-thomas/ |title=Chantal Thomas |publisher=Encyclopédie des auteurs |language=French |accessdate=20 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111231160019/http://laregledujeu.org/encyclopedie/2010/05/11/144/chantal-thomas/ |archivedate=31 December 2011 }}</ref>


In 2002, Thomas published ''Les adieux à la reine'' (''Farewell, My Queen''). The novel gave a fictional account of the final days of Marie Antoinette in power through the perspective of one of her servants. It won the [[Prix Femina]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|title=Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina|url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/femina_liste.php|accessdate=2 February 2011 |language=French |publisher=Prix-litteraires.net}}</ref> and was later adapted into the 2012 film ''[[Farewell, My Queen]]''. The film stars [[Diane Kruger]] as the titular queen and [[Léa Seydoux]] as her servant Sidonie Laborde. Thomas co-wrote the screenplay,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/culture/2012/04/22/sfiff-12-opening-night/ |title=SFIFF 2012: Opening night film ‘Farewell, My Queen’ |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |first=John |last=Angelico |date=22 April 2012 |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/farewell-my-queen-berlin-film-festival-diane-kruger-288457 |title=Farewell, My Queen: Berlin Film Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Deborah |last=Young |date=9 February 2012 |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref> and it opened the [[62nd Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16422935|title=Marie Antoinette drama to open Berlin Film Festival |date=5 January 2012|accessdate=5 January 2012|work=BBC}}</ref><ref name="Berlin">{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_12308.html |title=Benoît Jacquot’s Les Adieux à la reine to Open the 62nd Berlinale |accessdate=5 January 2012 |publisher=Berlin International Film Festival}}</ref> Helen Falconer of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the work "a well written slice of history" with "evocative, observant prose," but criticized it for creating a narrator who "merely provides us with a pair of eyes to see through rather than capturing our interest in her own right." While disagreeing in its classification as a novel, Falconer did however add that ''Farewell, My Queen'' "generates in the reader a real sense of being a fly on the wall, eavesdropping on the affairs of the great and the not so good."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/jan/10/fiction1 |title=The rats of Versailles |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Helen |last=Falconer |date=9 January 2004 |accessdate=21 June 2012}}</ref>
In 2002, Thomas published ''Les adieux à la reine'' (''Farewell, My Queen''). The novel gives a fictional account of the final days of Marie Antoinette in power through the perspective of one of her servants. It won the [[Prix Femina]] in 2002,<ref>{{cite web|title=Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina|url=http://www.prix-litteraires.net/femina_liste.php|accessdate=2 February 2011|language=French|publisher=Prix-litteraires.net|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403080053/http://www.prix-litteraires.net/femina_liste.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was later adapted into the 2012 film ''[[Farewell, My Queen]]''. The film stars [[Diane Kruger]] as the titular queen and [[Léa Seydoux]] as her servant Sidonie Laborde. Thomas co-wrote the screenplay,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/culture/2012/04/22/sfiff-12-opening-night/ |title=SFIFF 2012: Opening night film 'Farewell, My Queen' |work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |first=John |last=Angelico |date=22 April 2012 |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/farewell-my-queen-berlin-film-festival-diane-kruger-288457 |title=Farewell, My Queen: Berlin Film Review |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |first=Deborah |last=Young |date=9 February 2012 |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref> and it opened the [[62nd Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16422935|title=Marie Antoinette drama to open Berlin Film Festival |date=5 January 2012|accessdate=5 January 2012|work=BBC}}</ref><ref name="Berlin">{{cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/alle/Alle-Detail_12308.html |title=Benoît Jacquot's Les Adieux à la reine to Open the 62nd Berlinale |accessdate=5 January 2012 |publisher=Berlin International Film Festival}}</ref> Helen Falconer of ''[[The Guardian]]'' called the work "a well written slice of history" with "evocative, observant prose," but criticized it for creating a narrator who "merely provides us with a pair of eyes to see through rather than capturing our interest in her own right." While disagreeing with its classification as a novel, Falconer did however add that ''Farewell, My Queen'' "generates in the reader a real sense of being a fly on the wall, eavesdropping on the affairs of the great and the not-so-good."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/jan/10/fiction1 |title=The rats of Versailles |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Helen |last=Falconer |date=9 January 2004 |accessdate=21 June 2012}}</ref>


Thomas is currently the director of research at the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]].<ref name=frenchbio/>
Thomas is currently the director of research at the [[French National Centre for Scientific Research]].<ref name=frenchbio/>

She was elected a member of the [[Académie française]] (seat number 12) on 28 January 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/livres/academie-francaise-chantal-thomas-succede-a-jean-d-ormesson-20210128 |title=Académie française: Chantal Thomas succède à Jean d'Ormesson |first=Thierry |last=Clermont |date=2021-01-28 |language=fr |work=[[Le Figaro]]}}</ref>


==Works==
==Works==
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* ''Don Juan ou Pavlov, Essai sur la communication publicitaire'' (1991)
* ''Don Juan ou Pavlov, Essai sur la communication publicitaire'' (1991)
* ''La Reine scélérate, Marie-Antoinette dans les pamphlets'' (1989)
* ''La Reine scélérate, Marie-Antoinette dans les pamphlets'' (1989)
*:translated into English as ''The Wicked Queen : The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette''<ref>{{OCLC|35961483}}</ref> (1999) by Julie Rose
* ''Thomas Bernhard'' (1990)
* ''Thomas Bernhard'' (1990)
* ''Sade'' (1994)
* ''Sade'' (1994)
* ''La Vie réelle des petites filles'' (1995)
* ''La Vie réelle des petites filles'' (1995)
* ''Comment supporter sa liberté'' (1998)
* ''Comment supporter sa liberté'' (1998)
*:translated into English as ''Coping with freedom : reflections on ephemeral happiness''<ref>{{OCLC|49852623}}</ref> (2001), by Andrea L. Secara
* ''Les Adieux à la Reine'' (2002)
* ''Les Adieux à la Reine'' (2002)
*:translated into English as ''Farewell, My Queen''<ref>{{OCLC|51817401}}</ref> (2003), by Moishe Black
* ''La Lectrice-Adjointe'' (2003)
* ''La Lectrice-Adjointe'' (2003)
* ''Souffrir'' (2003)
* ''Souffrir'' (2003)
* ''L’île flottante'' (2004)
* ''L'île flottante'' (2004)
* ''Apolline ou L’école de la Providence'' (2005)
* ''Apolline ou L'école de la Providence'' (2005)
* ''Le Palais de la reine'' (2005)
* ''Le Palais de la reine'' (2005)
* ''Chemins de sable, Conversation avec Claude Plettner'' (2006)
* ''Chemins de sable, Conversation avec Claude Plettner'' (2006)
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* ''Le Testament d'Olympe'' (2010)
* ''Le Testament d'Olympe'' (2010)
* ''L'esprit de conversation'' (2011)
* ''L'esprit de conversation'' (2011)
* ''L'Échange des princesses'' (2013)
*:translated into English as ''The Exchange of Princesses''<ref>{{OCLC|893016783}}</ref> (2014), by John Cullen
* ''Un air de liberté. Variations sur l'esprit du XVIIIe siècle'' (2014)
* ''Souvenirs de la marée basse'' (2017)
*:translated into English as ''Memories of Low Tide'' (2019), by Natasha Lehrer
* ''East Village Blues'' (2019)
* ''Café Vivre. chroniques en passant'' (2020)
* ''Journal de nage'' (2022)


==References==
==References==
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For the law professor, see Chantal J.M. Thomas.

Chantal Thomas
"Le Livre sur la Place" in 2019
"Le Livre sur la Place" in 2019
Born (1945-10-18) 18 October 1945 (age 79)
Lyon, France
LanguageFrench
NationalityFrench
GenreEuropean history
Historical fiction
Notable worksLes adieux à la reine
Le Testament d'Olympe
L'esprit de conversation
Notable awardsPrix Femina

Chantal Thomas (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃tal tɔma]; born 18 October 1945) is a French writer and historian. Her 2002 book, Farewell, My Queen, won the Prix Femina and was adapted into a 2012 film starring Diane Kruger and Léa Seydoux.

Career

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Thomas was born in Lyon in 1945 and was raised in Arcachon, Bordeaux, and Paris. Her life has included teaching jobs at American and French universities (such as Yale and Princeton) as well as a publishing career. She has published nineteen works, including essays on the Marquis de Sade, Casanova, and Marie Antoinette.[1]

In 2002, Thomas published Les adieux à la reine (Farewell, My Queen). The novel gives a fictional account of the final days of Marie Antoinette in power through the perspective of one of her servants. It won the Prix Femina in 2002,[2] and was later adapted into the 2012 film Farewell, My Queen. The film stars Diane Kruger as the titular queen and Léa Seydoux as her servant Sidonie Laborde. Thomas co-wrote the screenplay,[3][4] and it opened the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival.[5][6] Helen Falconer of The Guardian called the work "a well written slice of history" with "evocative, observant prose," but criticized it for creating a narrator who "merely provides us with a pair of eyes to see through rather than capturing our interest in her own right." While disagreeing with its classification as a novel, Falconer did however add that Farewell, My Queen "generates in the reader a real sense of being a fly on the wall, eavesdropping on the affairs of the great and the not-so-good."[7]

Thomas is currently the director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research.[1]

She was elected a member of the Académie française (seat number 12) on 28 January 2021.[8]

Works

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  • Sade, L'œil de la lettre (1978)
  • Casanova, Un voyage libertin (1985)
  • Don Juan ou Pavlov, Essai sur la communication publicitaire (1991)
  • La Reine scélérate, Marie-Antoinette dans les pamphlets (1989)
    translated into English as The Wicked Queen : The Origins of the Myth of Marie-Antoinette[9] (1999) by Julie Rose
  • Thomas Bernhard (1990)
  • Sade (1994)
  • La Vie réelle des petites filles (1995)
  • Comment supporter sa liberté (1998)
    translated into English as Coping with freedom : reflections on ephemeral happiness[10] (2001), by Andrea L. Secara
  • Les Adieux à la Reine (2002)
    translated into English as Farewell, My Queen[11] (2003), by Moishe Black
  • La Lectrice-Adjointe (2003)
  • Souffrir (2003)
  • L'île flottante (2004)
  • Apolline ou L'école de la Providence (2005)
  • Le Palais de la reine (2005)
  • Chemins de sable, Conversation avec Claude Plettner (2006)
  • Jardinière Arlequin, Conversations avec Alain Passard (2006)
  • Cafés de la mémoire (2008)
  • Le Testament d'Olympe (2010)
  • L'esprit de conversation (2011)
  • L'Échange des princesses (2013)
    translated into English as The Exchange of Princesses[12] (2014), by John Cullen
  • Un air de liberté. Variations sur l'esprit du XVIIIe siècle (2014)
  • Souvenirs de la marée basse (2017)
    translated into English as Memories of Low Tide (2019), by Natasha Lehrer
  • East Village Blues (2019)
  • Café Vivre. chroniques en passant (2020)
  • Journal de nage (2022)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chantal Thomas" (in French). Encyclopédie des auteurs. Archived from the original on 31 December 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Tous les lauréats du Prix Femina" (in French). Prix-litteraires.net. Archived from the original on 3 April 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  3. ^ Angelico, John (22 April 2012). "SFIFF 2012: Opening night film 'Farewell, My Queen'". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  4. ^ Young, Deborah (9 February 2012). "Farewell, My Queen: Berlin Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Marie Antoinette drama to open Berlin Film Festival". BBC. 5 January 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Benoît Jacquot's Les Adieux à la reine to Open the 62nd Berlinale". Berlin International Film Festival. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  7. ^ Falconer, Helen (9 January 2004). "The rats of Versailles". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  8. ^ Clermont, Thierry (28 January 2021). "Académie française: Chantal Thomas succède à Jean d'Ormesson". Le Figaro (in French).
  9. ^ OCLC 35961483
  10. ^ OCLC 49852623
  11. ^ OCLC 51817401
  12. ^ OCLC 893016783
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