Alain de Botton: Biography, Facts and Career
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Alain de Botton (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker. His books discuss various contemporary subjects and themes, emphasizing philosophy's relevance to everyday life. He published Essays in Love (1993), which went on to sell two million copies. Other bestsellers include How Proust Can Change Your Life (1997), Status Anxiety (2004), and The Architecture of Happiness (2006). He co-founded The School of Life in 2008 and Living Architecture in 2009. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2011. In 2015, he was awarded "The Fellowship of Schopenhauer", an annual writers' award from the Melbourne Writers Festival, for that work.
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- Full name: Alain de Botton
- Born: 1969-12-20
- Nationality: Switzerland
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q123273
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Alain de Botton (; born 20 December 1969) is a Swiss-born British author and public speaker.
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Alain de Botton was born on 1969-12-20.
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