Yannick Haenel

Yannick Haenel (born 1967, Rennes) is a French writer, cofounder of the literary magazine Ligne de risque [fr].

The son of a soldier, Yannick Haenel studied at the Prytanée National Militaire at La Flèche.

He published several novels, including Introduction à la mort française and Évoluer parmi les avalanches, as well as an essay about the tapestries of The Lady and the Unicorn: À mon seul désir.

He also directed two volumes of interviews with Philippe Sollers: Ligne de risque and Poker.

[2] In 2009, he was awarded the Prix Interallié and the Prix du roman Fnac for Jan Karski (novel) [fr; Jan Karski].This book has three parts: Claude Lanzmann published a vigorous criticism of the novel of which he described the third part as a "falsification of history".