Clara Dupont-Monod

Clara Dupont-Monod

Clara Dupont-Monod was born on October 7th, 1973 and is currently 52 years old. Clara Dupont-Monod was born in Paris, France. Dupont-Monod attended the Sorbonne.

Clara Dupont-Monod is best known for her work in radio, journalism, and authorship, celebrated for her penetrating interviews and literary insights.

Her journey in media began with Cosmopolitan, where she worked in print media before becoming a senior reporter with Marianne. She would ultimately become the latter's culture editor-in-chief.

Since the late 2000s, she has been one of the most familiar voices in French media. Clara Dupont-Monod regularly contributed to Canal+’s La Matinale and On refait le monde on RTL. She has also worked on France Inter’s Les Affranchis as a commentator.

In 2012, Dupont-Monod launched Clara et les chic livres, a literary segment on France Inter. She also started writing Si tu écoutes, j’annule tout, a long-running column where she was known for bringing books to life through her relaxed but cultured style that was akin to listening in a salon.

As an author, Clara is the author of several works of fiction inspired by human psychology, historical biography, and medieval myth.
In publishing, Clara Dupont-Monod has worked for Editions Jean-Claude Lattes as a non-fiction literary director and guided editorial decisions in addition to her broadcasting and authorship.

Across literature, radio, and print, Clara Dupont-Monod combines an approachable charm, a respect for human complexity, and curiosity with intellectual rigor, making her one of the most influential figures in the modern French cultural landscape.

In 2018, Clara Dupont-Monod published The Revolt, a work that is told from the perspective of Richard the Lionheart.
Richard looks back at how Eleanor of Aquitaine, his mother, led an uprising against King Henry II of England, his father.

Eleanor was a clever and powerful matriarch who managed to convince Richard and his brother to go against their father, sparking family drama, betrayal, and war in the royal courts of the 12th century.

Clara includes everything from the political plotting, the sieges, the storms at sea, even as she shows Richard as a conflicted son and Elenor as a commanding presence among the rebels.

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