François Noudelmann lives in New York. He is Professor of Philosophy and Literature at New York University. A former president of the Collège international de philosophie, he is the author of numerous essays, translated into a dozen languages. His books include Le toucher des philosophes. Sartre, Nietzsche et Barthes au piano (Gallimard, 2008, grand prix des Muses 2009), Les airs de famille ; une philosophie des affinités (Gallimard, 2012), Le génie du mensonge (Max Milo, 2015), Penser avec les oreilles (Max Milo, 2019), Un tout autre Sartre (Gallimard, 2020).