Marc Weitzmann

Marc Weitzmann
Born	1959 Paris, France
Occupation	Journalist, novelist
Relatives	Serge Doubrovsky (cousin)

Marc Weitzmann (born 1959) is a French journalist and novelist. He is the former editor-in-chief of Les Inrockuptibles, and the author of ten books.

Marc Weitzmann was born in 1959 in Paris. His family is of Jewish Alsatian, Ukrainian and Polish descent. He grew up in Reims and Besançon, where his father worked as a theatre actor. His parents were Communists. One of his cousins is Serge Doubrovsky.

After working for the social services in France, Weitzmann began a career as a journalist. He became literary editor of Les Inrockuptibles in 1996, and eventually its editor-in-chief. More recently, he has written about antisemitism in France in Tablet.

Weitzmann is the author of ten books, including seven novels. His books are about his relationship with his father, as well as societal topics like globalization, terrorism, identity politics and social atomization. His second novel, Chaos, was an autofiction about his cousin Serge Doubrovsky.

Weitmann resides between Paris and New York City.

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