Sylvain Tesson
Known for
Acting
Born
April 26, 1972 (age 54)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Biography
Sylvain Tesson (born 26 April 1972) is a French writer and traveller born in Paris. He has engaged in a number of unusual travels and expeditions which are the basis for his books. Among his most successful works are The Consolations of the Forest (2011), about a project to live alone in a Siberian cabin for six months and The Art of Patience (2019), about the quest for snow leopards in Tibet. For the latter book he received the Prix Renaudot.
Sylvain Tesson is the son of Marie-Claude Tesson and the journalist Philippe Tesson who founded the French newspaper Le Quotidien de Paris. His sisters are the actress Stephanie Tesson and the art journalist Daphne Tesson. He is a geographer by backgr...
Best known work
On the Wandering Paths
2023
The Velvet Queen
2021
C à vous
2009
En toute liberté - Une radio pour la paix
2023
Of Penguins and Men
2004
Télématin
1985
Patagonia Wings
2020
Alone, 180 Days on Baikal Lake
2011
White Peaks of Siberia
2017
Sylvain Tesson, une liberté vertigineuse
2015Filmography
TBA
Lawrence d'Arabie, un rêve d'Orientas Self, Director
2023
On the Wandering PathsAuthor
2023
2022
2021
The Velvet Queenas Self
2021
La voie des glacesas Self
2020
Patagonia WingsWriter
2020
2018
2017
White Peaks of Siberiaas Self
2015
2011
Alone, 180 Days on Baikal Lakeas Self, Director
2009
2004
Of Penguins and MenWriter
1985