CAROLE CHRÉTIENNOT

Carole Chrétiennot is Image and Communications Director for Café de Flore and La Closerie des Lilas in Paris, iconic venues in literary and cultural history. In 1994, she co-founded the Prix de Flore literary prize with novelist Frédéric Beigbeder, followed in 2007 by the all-female Prix de la Closerie des Lilas. Carole Chrétiennot is also co-founder of the Prix Castel, and a member of the jury for the Prix Hemingway and Prix du Meurice. In 2019, she is helping to create the Cinéroman Festival, the first festival devoted to French and foreign films adapted from literary works. A contemporary art enthusiast and collector, she has been a patron of the Parcours Saint Germain since its creation in 2000.