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Serge Bramly

Serge Bramly is a French writer, essayist and art critic.

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Serge Bramly

(1949-01-31) 31 January 1949
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  • Writer
  • poet
  • essayist
  • photographer

Serge Bramly (born 31 January 1949) is a French writer, essayist and art critic.

Biography

He was born into a Jewish family in Tunis, Tunisia. When he was ten years old, his family emigrated to France.12 He went to school at the Lycée Janson de Sailly in Paris.3 His sister is Sophie Bramly, the Paris-based photographer and filmmaker. He was married to French photographer Bettina Rheims, with whom he has collaborated frequently, and had a son, Virgile. His novel La terreur dans le boudoir was adapted by Benoît Jacquot for the 2000 French film Sade. He is also noted for his books on Leonardo da Vinci and the Mona LisaLeonardo: Discovering the Life of Leonardo da Vinci, 1991 Leonardo: The Artist and the Man (1995), and Mona Lisa: The Enigma (2005). In 2008 he won the prix Interallié for his novel Le Premier Principe - Le Second Principe.4

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