Gaspard Koenig

Gaspard Koenig is an award-winning French novelist, philosopher, essayist, and politician. After schooling at the Lycée Henri-IV, he was admitted to the École normale supérieure lettres et sciences humaines in 2002, studied at Colmbia University, and then obtained the agrégation in philosophy in 2004. He served as a speech writer for Christine Lagarde, France's Minister of the Economy, worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London, where he oversaw institutional affairs, and founded the think tank Generation Libre in Paris. In 2021, he created the political movement "Simple." He has been a teacher throughout his career. He lives in Paris.