Corinne Maier
Corinne Maier (born 7 December 1963) is a Swiss-born, French psychoanalyst, economist, and best-selling writer. She is best known for being the author of Bonjour paresse, a cynical critique of French corporate culture. In 2016, Maier was named as one of the BBC 100 Women.
Biography
Maier was born on 7 December 1963 in Geneva, Switzerland. She attended National Foundation of Political Sciences, studying economics and international relations, later earning a doctorate in psychoanalysis. The author of Bonjour paresse [Hello Laziness], Maier is a satirist who has been compared to Scott Adams.[1] She became employed by Électricité de France as an economist c. 1992.[2] In 2004, she wrote Bonjour paresse, which reached the number one ranking on Amazon's French-language bestseller list.[1] In 2016, she was chosen as one of BBC's 100 Women.[3]
Selected works
- 2001, Le général de Gaulle à la lumière de Jacques Lacan
- 2002, Casanova, ou, La loi du désir
- 2002, Lacan sans peine
- 2003, De Gaulle et le gaullisme : une mythologie d'aujourd'hui
- 2004, Bonjour paresse : de l'art et de la nécessité d'en faire le moins possible en entreprise (Hello laziness! : why hard work doesn't pay)
- 2004, Buenos días, pereza : estrategias para sobrevivir en el trabajo
- 2004, L'Allemagne nazie : la haine au pouvoir
- 2004, Saint Pasteur : marginal & révolutionnaire
- 2004, Bon dia, mandra : estratègies per sobreviure a la feina
- 2004, L'obscène : la mort à l'oeuvre
- 2005, Le divan, c'est amusant : Lacan sans peine
References
- ^ a b Johnson, Jo (16 August 2004). "The slacker's new bible". NBC. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ Smith, Craig S. (14 August 2004). "A French Employee's Work Celebrates the Sloth Ethic". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2016: Who is on the list?". BBC. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
External links
Media related to Corinne Maier at Wikimedia Commons- Corinne Maier at Wikiquote (in French)
- Official website (in French)
- Corinne Maier at IMDb
