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Mazarine Pingeot is a professor of philosophy. She has published eight books, including Bouche cousue (which sold 200,000 copies).
Mazarine Pingeot, the illegitimate daughter of President François Mitterrand, discusses her unusual childhood hidden from the public.
To be a shameful secret, burdened with an inescapable name, a life shrouded in mystery: a hidden child. To be the daughter of President Mitterand is to not be at all. A cherished infant...
Mazarine Pingeot, the illegitimate daughter of President François Mitterrand, discusses her unusual childhood hidden from the public.
To be a shameful secret, burdened with an inescapable name, a life shrouded in mystery: a hidden child. To be the daughter of President Mitterand is to not be at all. A cherished infant with an idyllic home life… yet unknown to the outside world.Then suddenly: a vicious spot light, flashing cameras, scandal. In 1994 she’s “outed” as his daughter, and immediately becomes a curiosity, scrutinized and pursued by paparazzi, haunted by her father’s choices. Finally recognized as the President’s legitimate daughter and decried as his spitting image, she turns into his representative. How can she escape from the curse of her heritage which prevents her from being nothing other than “a good little soldier”?
Mazarine Pingeot wrote her thoughts during the months of presidential campaigning with François Hollande, melding her personal battle with the political outcome of France’s second Socialist presidency.
Mazarine Pingeot is a professor of philosophy. She has published eight books, including Bouche cousue (which sold 200,000 copies).