{{Short description|French journalist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Arthur Dreyfus | image = File:PortraitADparis.jpg | caption = Arthur Dreyfus in 2021 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|06|04|df=y}} | birth_place = Lyon, France | occupation = Writer, journalist, screenwriter and director | notable_works = ''La Synthèse du camphre'', ''Belle Famille'', ''Histoire de ma sexualité'', ''Sans Véronique'' }}
'''Arthur Dreyfus''' (born 4 June 1986 in Lyon), is a French-Swiss writer, journalist, screenwriter and director. He became known in 2009, the year he received the French Young Writer Prize for his short story ''Il Déserte'' (''He Deserts'').<ref>{{cite web |title=French Literary Evening with Author Arthur Dreyfus and Olivier Barrot |url=https://frenchculture.org/events/9548-french-literary-evening-arthur-dreyfus |publisher=The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the U.S. |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>
==Biography== Dreyfus was born in Lyon to the writer Isabelle Kauffmann.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Minel |first1=Alexandre |title=Une mère, un fils, une passion commune : l'écriture |url=https://www.leprogres.fr/art-et-culture/2011/12/29/une-mere-un-fils-une-passion-commune-l-ecriture |publisher=Le Progres |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French |date=29 December 2011}}</ref> He is of Jewish descent and his grandfather was deported to a concentration camp during the Holocaust.<ref>{{cite web |title=Les obsessions d'Arthur Dreyfus |url=https://www.franceinter.fr/emissions/l-heure-bleue/l-heure-bleue-02-mars-2021?fbclid=IwAR2r7rXcEOuO1IAjBPb88ulsohdbJ58b5ACnZoaqdGN5FzrIZbwP-ckSywQ |publisher=France Inter |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> Dreyfus studied literature at Lycée Henri-IV, received a diploma from CELSA Paris<ref>{{cite web |last1=Leyris |first1=Raphaëlle |title=Ils feront le monde (12/43) : Arthur Dreyfus, artiste hybride |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/festival/article/2014/07/23/ils-feront-le-monde-12-43-arthur-dreyfus-artiste-hybride_4461633_4415198.html |website=Le Monde.fr |publisher=Le Monde |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French |date=23 July 2014}}</ref> and obtained master's degrees in marketing and communication from Sciences Po in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sciences-po.asso.fr%2Fprofil%2Farthur.dreyfus12 |title=Arthur Dreyfus |website=SciencesPo Alumni |publisher=SciencesPo |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> After graduating, he wanted to be an actor and worked as a magician specializing in mentalism. He also appeared in commercials; performed magic shows for brands, aftershows and fashion shows; acted in the television show ''Famille d'accueil'', and created a magic act in 2006 with the actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens.<ref>{{cite web |title=Carte à Jouer de Jean-Claude Dreyfus |url=https://www.billetreduc.com/8068/evt.htm |publisher=BilletRéduc |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> In March 2013, Dreyfus set up a naked jogging event in front of the French senate in Paris to protest what he described as "ambient puritanism" (« ''puritanisme ambiant'' ») and "the legal crusade against children's literature" (« ''le procès fait à la littérature pour la jeunesse'' »).<ref>{{cite web |title=Ils courent entièrement nus devant le Sénat contre le puritanisme ambiant en France – Regardez |url=https://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-317613-ils-courent-entierement-nus-devant-le-senat-contre-le-puritanisme-ambiant-en-france-regardez.html |publisher=The Morandini Family |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> In 2016, he acted in ''Le Système du docteur Goudron'', the third film by Noël Herpe.
==Journalism== As a journalist, Dreyfus has contributed to ''Le Figaro'', ''Positif'', ''Technikart'', ''ArtPassions'', ''Stiletto'', ''Vogue'', ''Tempura'', ''Madame Figaro'' and ''Holiday Magazine''. He specializes in major interviews with celebrities such as Carla Bruni, Catherine Deneuve, Neymar, Olivier Saillard, Jean-Paul Goude, Inès de la Fressange, Jane Fonda, Anna Karina and Xavier Veilhan. Dreyfus also writes opera programs, essays, art books and for luxury fashion brands such as Lancel, Mauboussin and Fendi.<ref>{{cite web |title=L'art est dans le sace |url=https://www.pressreader.com/france/lexpress-france-lexpress-dix/20160928/281754153805357 |website=PressReader |publisher=L'Express |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French |date=28 September 2016}}</ref>
In 2012, he wrote a weekly column in France 2's cultural program called ''Avant-premieres'' (''Previews'').<ref>{{cite web |title=De nouveaux chroniqueurs pour l'émission "Avant-premières" sur France 2 |url=https://www.jeanmarcmorandini.com/article-242679-de-nouveaux-chroniqueurs-pour-l-emission-avant-premieres-sur-france-2.html |publisher=The Morandini Family |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French |date=21 December 2011}}</ref> Since 2014, he has been the French cultural correspondent for the talk show ''Plus on est de fous, plus on lit!'' (''The more one is crazy, the more one reads!''), hosted by Marie-Louise Arsenault and broadcast on Radio Canada.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arsenault |first1=Marie-Louise |title=Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere/emissions/373/plus-on-est-de-fous-plus-on-lit |website=Ohdio |publisher=Radio Canada |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> In December 2015, he produced a series of shows for France Culture about music and happiness.<ref>{{cite web |title=Biographie d'Arthur Dreyfus |url=https://www.franceculture.fr/personne-arthur-dreyfus.html |publisher=France Culture |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> Since 2017, he has written the musical programs for the classical festival Sommets Musicaux de Gstaad.
===At Canal +=== During the 2016 season, alongside Augustin Trapenard, Dreyfus was one of the film critics on the show ''Le Cercle'' on Canal +. In 2018, he presented ''La séquence du spectateur'' (''The spectator sequence'') during ''Tchi Tcha'', a film show on the channel.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tchi tcha présenté par Laurie Cholewa |url=https://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/programme/tchi-tcha-f155656695 |publisher=Le Figaro |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref>
==Photography== After practicing photography for years, Dreyfus presented his first exhibition, ''Nous sommes peut-être passés à côté d’une belle histoire...'' (''We may have missed out on a beautiful story ...''), in November 2017 at the Patrick Gutknecht Gallery in Paris. The exhibit was intended as a meditation on eternal and prolonged childhood. He used an iPhone to take the photos and Ilfochrome, a rare photographic process, to produce the prints.<ref>{{cite web |title=Arthur Dreyfus: Nous sommes peut-être passés à côté d'une belle histoire… |url=https://loeildelaphotographie.com/en/event/gutknecht-gallery-arthur-dreyfus/ |website=The Eye of Photography |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>
In October 2019, the artist Joël Andrianomearisoa invited him to participate in a collaborative exhibit called ALMOST HOME hosted by the RX gallery in Paris. Dreyfus contributed photographs and a series of poems to the exhibit.<ref>{{cite web |title=ALMOST HOME – JOËL ANDRIANOMEARISOA |url=https://www.revuenoire.com/almost-home-joel-andrianomearisoa/ |publisher=Revue Noire |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref>
==Political Positions== Dreyfus was one of the artists invited by Gérard Collomb to support Emmanuel Macron during his visit to Lyon in February 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Endeweld |first1=Marc |title=A Lyon, Macron se prend pour l'hologramme de Mitterrand |url=https://www.marianne.net/politique/lyon-macron-se-prend-pour-l-hologramme-de-mitterrand |website=Marianne |publisher=CMI PUBLISHING |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> He later published a pro-Europe and anti-extremist letter addressing supporters of Marine Le Pen in May 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dreyfus |first1=Arthur |title=Lettre à mes amis lepénistes |url=https://laregledujeu.org/2017/05/04/31395/lettre-a-mes-amis-lepenistes/ |publisher=La Règle du Jeu |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French |date=4 May 2017}}</ref>
In February 2019, after the Jewish cemetery in Quatzenheim, Alsace was desecrated with swastikas, Dreyfus published a poem against antisemitism on Facebook which was shared 29,000 times and read by children during a ceremony at the town.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Birken |first1=Maxim |title=Arthur Dreyfus raconte comment lui est venu ce poème sur l'antisémitisme |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2019/02/21/arthur-dreyfus-poeme-antisemitisme_a_23674752/ |website=Huffpost |publisher=Huffington Post |access-date=5 December 2021 |language=French |date=21 February 2019}}</ref>
==Publications== *''Journal sexuel d'un garçon d'aujourd'hui'', P.O.L, March 2021, {{ISBN|978-2818051795}} *''82 jours à l'Armurier'', in collaboration with Laurent Pernot, Colomiers, Mairie de Colomiers, 72 pages, January 2019, {{ISBN|978-2-90-851679-1}} *''Je ne sais rien de la Corée'', Gallimard, October 2017, {{ISBN|2072718821}} * Participation in the joint publication ''Qu'est-ce que la gauche ?'', Fayard, 2017, {{ISBN|978-2213704586}} * ''Sans Véronique'', Gallimard, January 2017, {{ISBN|2072688876}} * ''Correspondance indiscrète'', with Dominique Fernandez, Grasset, February 2016, {{ISBN|2246858836}} * ''101 Robes'', Flammarion et Les Arts Décoratifs, coffee-table book, Philippe Apeloig version, September 2015, {{ISBN|2081353113}} * ''Enfances, adolescences : 5 nouvelles inédites'', Librio littérature, June 2015, joint publication, {{ISBN|2290101664}} * ''Histoire de ma sexualité'', Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Blanche », January 2014, {{ISBN|978-2070143986}} * ''Beau repaire : Jacques Higelin reçoit'', Paris, Actes Sud, joint publication, November 2013, {{ISBN|979-1091489102}} * ''Noël, quel bonheur !'', Paris, Armand Colin, 2012, joint publication, {{ISBN|978-2200283223}} * ''Belle famille'', Paris, Gallimard, coll. « Blanche », 2012, 244 pages, {{ISBN|978-2-07-013653-7}} * ''Le Livre qui rend heureux'', ill. by François Xavier Goby, Paris, Flammarion, 2011, 122 pages, {{ISBN|978-2-08-126633-9}}. * ''La Synthèse du camphre'', Paris, Gallimard, coll. Blanche, 2010, 253 pages, {{ISBN|978-2-07-012736-8}} * ''Il déserte'', short story in the eponymous volume, Buchet/Chastel, Paris 2009, joint publication of the winners of the Young Writer's Prize, {{ISBN|978-2283023860}}
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