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Jean-Christophe Rufin (1952-) is a physician, historian, globe trotter, French writer and diplomat.
Former chairman of Action against Hunger, it was France's ambassador to Senegal and Gambia.
In 2001, he won the Prix Goncourt with "Brazil Red" after getting the Interallié Price in 1999 for "Asmara and lost causes."
Elected in 2008 to the French Academy, he became the youngest member.
"The Great Heart" appears in 2012.

Retired to the island of Chios, where he tries to escape his enemies, Jacques Coeur- aka Jean-Christophe Rufin- writing his memoirs here.
The fate of a dartisan extraordinary son of the city of Bourges (city Rufin also). First of all coin and also merchant before becoming the great Argentier the king, he will have understood before anyone else that trade serves more than war the interests of all. an illuminating testimony to a turning point in the Renaissance before. The medieval crossing the age to that of the modern world and the foundation of liberal economy: money is power.
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a wonderful storyteller. The writing is both simple and beautiful, clear and rich, sensual and precise.

An exciting novel for lovers of the history of France and its "figures" (even unknown)