Alain de Botton
British philosopher and author (born 1969) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alain de Botton FRSL (/dəˈbɒtən/; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004), and The Architecture of Happiness (2006).
- Not to be confused with Alain de Benoist, the political theorist
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Born | (1969-12-20) 20 December 1969 (age 54) Zürich, Switzerland |
Occupation | Writer, speaker |
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Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA) King's College London (MPhil) Harvard University |
Period | 1993–present |
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He co-founded The School of Life in 2008 and Living Architecture in 2009.[1][2] In 2015, he was awarded "The Fellowship of Schopenhauer", an annual writers' award from the Melbourne Writers Festival, for that work.