Antonin Baudry

French diplomat

Antonin Baudry (born 6 May 1975,^[1]) also known by the writing pseudonym Abel Lanzac, is a French diplomat specializing in cultural affairs, comic book author, screenwriter, and film director.

Biography

After finishing his studies at lycée Louis-le-Grand, Antonin Baudry began at the École polytechnique in 1994,^[2]^[3] graduating as an engineer of bridges, water and forest.^[4] He graduated second in literature from École normale supérieure in Paris^[5] in 1998.^[6] and obtained a Diplôme d'études approfondies (DEA) en cinematography.^[7]

In April 2004, he became a conseiller of Minister Dominique de Villepin at the Ministry of the Interior.

From 2010 to 2014, he was the cultural counsellor at the French Embassy in Washington D.C., United States^[8] and counsellor for cooperation and cultural action at the French Embassy in Madrid, Spain.

Under the pseudonym Abel Lanzac, he used his diplomatic experience to help him write the comic book Quai d'Orsay (2010-2011), in collaboration with Christophe Blain. After the second comic book in this series won the prix du meilleur album at the festival d'Angoulême 2013,^[9] he revealed his true identity.^[10]

In 2014, he founded Albertine, the only French-language bookstore in New York. Named for the mysterious beloved in Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, the bookstore shares the Payne Whitney House with the Cultural Services arm of the French embassy.^[11]

On 28 January 2015 Baudry was appointed as Ambassador for French Culture at the Institut français.^[12] He resigned after a few months to work on personal projects.^[13]

He was president of the jury for the 43rd festival international de la bande dessinée in January 2016.

In 2019, he directed his first film, Le Chant du loup, a submarine thriller.

Work

Comic books

Quai d'Orsay, with Christophe Blain, Dargaud, 2 vol., 2010-2011. ISBN 978-2205-06132-1

Filmography

2013 : Quai d'Orsay, script with Christophe Blain and Bertrand Tavernier
2019 : Le Chant du loup, script and director

Games

La Course à l’Élysée, drawn by Christophe Blain, Letheia, 2012.

Prizes

2010:
- Grand Prix RTL de la bande dessinée for Quai d'Orsay : Chroniques diplomatiques (with Christophe Blain)
- Prix Saint-Michel for Quai d'Orsay : Chroniques diplomatiques (with Christophe Blain)
2013 :
- Prix Micheluzzi for Quai d'Orsay t. 2 (with Christophe Blain)

References

^ Antonin Baudry Archived 2012-12-21 at the Wayback Machine 3 February 2013.
^ Antonin Baudry le jour, Abel Lanzac la nuit Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, sur le site officiel de l'École polytechnique
^ Arrêté du 13 décembre 1994 portant nomination d'élèves à l'Ecole polytechnique en remplacement d'élèves qui se sont désistés (concours de 1994), retrieved 2017-08-16
^ "Savoirs ENS". savoirs.ens.fr. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^ "Arrêté du 27 août 1998 portant ordre de classement au concours d'entrée en première année à l'Ecole normale supérieure, section Lettres (premier concours)". Légimobile (in French). Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^ "Arrêté du 27 août 1998". legimobile.fr. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
^ "Les 20 ans d'Antonin Baudry, scénariste de BD : ' Je me suis rendu compte que les maths ne permettaient pas de tout comprendre'". L'Étudiant (in French). 5 September 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-16.
^ FrenchMorning.com
^ Mattéo Sallaud (25 January 2019). "BD : au festival d'Angoulême, le prix du meilleur album prend du poids chaque année". Sud Ouest.
^ "Le scénariste de "Quai d'Orsay" tombe le masque". TV5.org. 3 February 2013.
^ Grimes, William (9 October 2014). "So What's the Big Idée?". The New York Times.
^ Le Monde, 4 octobre 2014
^ Denis Pietton, futur Président de l'Institut français, 10 juin 2015