Ariel Kenig

Who is Ariel Kenig?

Ariel Kenig is a French writer. He was born to a French mother and a Polish father, grew up in a Parisian suburb, and discovered literature when he was 17.

Ariel Kenig left school in 2003 to write. He met Audrey Diwan, a French writer and series editor at Denoël, one of the most prestigious French publishing houses, who published his first novel, Camping Atlantic, in June 2005. This celebrated first novel deals with teenage violence and boredom, and with the strength of brotherhood, through the story of the protagonist, Adonis.

Subsequently, Kenig dedicated himself to theater, writing three plays : Elle t'embrasse, Pas ce soir et Pompéi ou le suspense pornographique, before publishing his second novel, La Pause, in 2006, a work of social fiction that brings the reader to the suburbs of Paris and the industrial plants of carmaker Renault, and features Kenig's introspection and sociological observation. He then turned to other genres and published a pamphletary essay, Quitter la France, in which he analyses what remains of the French identity, a few weeks before Nicolas Sarkozy’s victory at the French presidential election. A fourth novel, New Wave, is due for release on August 27, 2008, by Flammarion, another prestigious French publishing house. It is based on a script by the French actor and screenwriter Gaël Morel.