Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine


Alexandra Laignel-Lavastine is a French philosopher, essayist, and historian of East European history and culture.
Laignel-Lavastine holds a PhD in History and Philosophy. She studied at Paris-Sorbonne University and then at the Center for Training of Journalists, before devoting herself to a career as an essayist.

Honors and distinctions

In 2005, Laignel-Lavastine won the Charles-Veillon European prize for essays for Spirits of Europe: Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 2005.
Laignel-Lavastine was awarded the LICRA 2015 Prize for Lost Thought: Islamism, populism, anti-Semitism. Essay on the suicidal tendencies of Europe.

Publications

Scientific works and essays