Justine Lévy

Justine-Juliette Lévy (born 27 September 1974) is a French book editor and author.

Justine Lévy
Lévy in Paris (2011)
Born (1974-09-27) 27 September 1974
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationAuthor
Spouse(s)
Raphaël Enthoven
(m. 1996; div. 2001)
Parent(s)Bernard-Henri Lévy
Isabelle Doutreluigne

Life and career

Lévy is the eldest daughter of Isabelle Doutreluigne and French philosopher, writer, and media personality, Bernard-Henri Lévy. Her 1995 debut novel "Le Rendez-vous" (The Rendezvous) was translated from French into English and published in the United States in 1997.

On 21 September 1996 she married Raphaël Enthoven,[1] the son of her father's best friend, Jean-Paul Enthoven, who left her in 2000 for model and singer, Carla Bruni (at the time his father's girlfriend and who is now married to former French President Nicolas Sarkozy).[2] She wrote a novel whose story paralleled her own life. The 2004 book was released in France under the title "Rien de Grave" (published in English in 2005 as Nothing Serious). The winner of the first Prix Littéraire Le Vaudeville, her book knocked The Da Vinci Code from Europe's bestseller lists. It was published in the United States in October 2005.

Justine has two children with long-term partner actor Patrick Mille.[3] She describes her relationship with Patrick as "not married, but like married". Like Nothing Serious protagonist Louise, Justine is also a little cynical about monogamy.[2]

Books
  • 1997: Le rendez-vous (The Rendezvous) - Scribner, ISBN 0-684-82579-1, awarded the Prix Contrepoint in 1996
  • 2005: Rien de grave (Nothing Serious) - Melville House Publishing, ISBN 0-9761407-7-2
  • 2009: Mauvaise fille (Bad Girl) - Stock , ISBN 2-234-05864-3 (Adapted in the movie Bad Girl)
  • 2014: La Gaieté, Stock, 2014 (ISBN 978-2234070264)

References
  1. "Marriage Of Justine Lévy And Raphaël Enthoven On September 21st, 1996 In Paris, France". Getty Images. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
  2. It’s A Chattefight As Novelist Levy Nips Carla Bruni | The New York Observer
  3. Höhere Tochter: | ZEIT online
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