Antonin Baudry

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.

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.

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.

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.