Alain de Botton
Alain de Botton, FRSL (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British philosopher and author. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published "Essays in Love" (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include "How Proust Can Change Your Life" (1997), "Status Anxiety" (2004) and "The Architecture of Happiness" (2006).
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In 1994, he won the Prix Alain-Fournier for his novel "Les Îles jumelles". He is also the author of novels "François l'Ardent" in 1999, "Golems" and "Le complexe de Médée" in 2004, "Sigiriya, le Rocher du Lion" in 2012, one of a trilogy of novels. He has also published criticism in the revues "Otrante" and "Hauteurs". In 1995, he published with L'Harmattan, "Le stade vocal", an essay of psychoanalysis, followed by a second in 2014, "La voix contre le langage".