Alain Finkielkraut

About the author

Born in Paris on 30 June 1949, Alain Finkielkraut is a French essayist, radio producer, and public intellectual whose influence on French cultural debate has been sustained and wide-ranging. Since 1986 he has hosted Répliques, a weekly talk show on France Culture, making him one of the most enduring voices in French public discourse. In 2014, he was elected a Fellow of the Académie Française, one of France's most prestigious intellectual distinctions.