Cécile Guilbert

{{Short description|French writer and literary critic}}

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Cécile Guilbert (born 1963) is a French writer and literary critic. She studied at Sciences-Po Paris. She has written a number of books on writers who are esprits libres or "free spirits": Saint Simon, Guy Debord, Laurence Sterne and Andy Warhol. She won the Prix Médicis de l'essai for Warhol spirit.She has also written novels such as Le Musée National (2000) and Réanimation (2012). She has written for France Culture, Canal Plus, Monde des Livres and Magazine Littéraire.{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceinter.fr/personnes/cecile-guilbert|title=Biographie et actualités de Cécile Guilbert France Inter|website=www.franceinter.fr}}

As of 2021, Guilbert sits on the jury of the Prix Renaudot.{{Cite web|title=Stéphanie Janicot et Cécile Guilbert intègrent le jury du Renaudot|url=http://www.livreshebdo.fr/article/stephanie-janicot-et-cecile-guilbert-integrent-le-jury-du-renaudot|access-date=2022-02-13|website=Livres Hebdo|language=fr}}

In 2022, she made her acting debut in Albert Serra's drama film Pacifiction.{{cite magazine|last=Kaprièlian|first=Nelly|date=19 May 2022|title=[Cannes 2022] On a rencontré Cécile Guilbert pour son premier rôle au cinéma|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/livres/cannes-2022-on-a-rencontre-cecile-guilbert-pour-son-premier-role-au-cinema-470403-19-05-2022/|magazine=Les Inrockuptibles|language=fr|access-date=12 November 2022}}