Biography
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. In 2015, he was awarded "The Fellowship of Schopenhauer", an annual writers' award from the Melbourne Writers Festival, for that work. Hamilton, Ben (4 January 2014). "The healing art". Books. The Spectator. 324 (9671): 23–24. Review of Art as therapy.
Filmography
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Apples, Pears and Paint: How to Make a Still Life Painting (2014)
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Self - Philiosopher
Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words (2011)
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The Philosopher
The Future Is Now! (2011)
Movie
Self
Faulks On Fiction (2011)
TV
Self
Views on Vermeer - 12 Short Stories (2010)
Movie
Writer
My Last Five Girlfriends (2010)
Movie
Self - Guest
Skavlan (2009)
TV
Self
This Is Tomorrow (2008)
Movie
The Perfect Home (2006)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Status Anxiety (2004)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Philosophy: A Guide to Happiness (2000)
TV
Writer
How Proust Can Change Your Life (2000)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1969-12-20 (54 years old)
Birth PlaceZurich, Switzerland
Religionatheism
FatherGilbert de Botton
SiblingsMiel de Botton
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom, Switzerland
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
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