Arthur Dreyfus

Arthur Dreyfus (born 4 June 1986 in Lyon), is a French-Swiss writer, journalist, screenwriter and director. He became known in 2009, the year he received the French Young Writer Prize for his short story Il Déserte (He Deserts). Dreyfus was born in Lyon to the writer Isabelle Kauffmann. He is of Jewish descent and his grandfather was deported to a concentration camp during the Holocaust. Dreyfus studied literature at Lycée Henri-IV, received a diploma from CELSA Paris and obtained masters degrees in marketing and communication from Sciences Po in 2012. After graduating, he wanted to be an actor and worked as a magician specializing in mentalism. He also appeared in commercials; performed magic shows for brands, aftershows and fashion shows; acted in the television show Famille d'accueil, and created a magic act in 2006 with the actor Jean-Claude Dreyfus at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens. In March 2013, Dreyfus set up a naked jogging event in front of the French senate in Paris to protest what he described as "ambient puritanism" (« puritanisme ambiant ») and "the legal crusade against children's literature" (« le procès fait à la littérature pour la jeunesse »). In 2016, he acted in Le Système du docteur Goudron, the third film by Noël Herpe. As a journalist, Dreyfus has contributed to Le Figaro, Positif, Technikart, ArtPassions, Stiletto, Vogue, Tempura, Madame Figaro and Holiday Magazine. He specializes in major interviews with celebrities such as Carla Bruni, Catherine Deneuve, Neymar, Olivier Saillard, Jean-Paul Goude, Inès de la Fressange, Jane Fonda, Anna Karina and Xavier Veilhan. Dreyfus also writes opera programs, essays, art books and for luxury fashion brands such as Lancel, Mauboussin and Fendi. In 2012, he wrote a weekly column in France 2's cultural program called Avant-premieres (Previews). Since 2014, he has been the French cultural correspondent for the talk show Plus on est de fous, plus on lit! (The more one is crazy, the more one reads!), hosted by Marie-Louise Arsenault and broadcast on Radio Canada.