In 2017, it was Jean de La Fontaine who had the favors of Erik Orsenna in his book La Fontaine: a truancy . In this literary comeback, the writer, a member of the French Academy, praised Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais in his new book, Beaumarchais, an adventurer of freedom . It portrays a man who loves freedom, just like him, as he explains at Anne Roumanoff Tuesday.
"I take life as a great gift"
"Beaumarchais invented freedom, or in any case it was in the 18th century - where all freedoms were invented," says Erik Orsenna. The author of The India Company cites as an example his role during the American Revolutionary War. "He was an incredible agent of action to free the United States from English rule," the writer says.
At the microphone of Europe 1, he believes that this man for whom freedom counted more than anything, is finally a little similar to him on this plane. "His personal life was extremely rock'n'roll," he describes, "I take life as a great gift, I never look back, I watch what awaits me."