The historian Ivan Jablonka, winner of the 2016 Medici Prize for his account of the murder of the young Laëtitia Perrais, will look at the case of the singer Jean-Jacques Goldman in a book to be published in September. "Goldman" will be published on August 18, according to the publication program of the editions of the Seuil sent Friday.
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Jean-Jacques Goldman is not only a big name in song. He is also a child of Jewish immigrants who became the favorite personality of the French, a committed artist after the death of utopias, a craftsman at the heart of cultural industries, a man breaking with manly codes, "says the presentation of the book. "At the height of fame, the hyperstar chose to retire. In the madness of social networks, its invisibility makes it strangely visible, "adds the publisher.
Narrative non-fiction books
Ivan Jablonka, after a thesis on children in public assistance and a classical academic career, became a successful author with subjective history books.
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At Éditions du Seuil, he co-directs a collection of essays, La République des idées, and founded one, Traverse, for "narrative non-fiction books" by social science researchers or writers. Jean-Jacques Goldman, after immense success in the 1980s and 1990s, has not released a studio album since 2001.