Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – French Ambassador Emmanuel Lenain, Nyaya Marg, Chanakyapuri General by The Delhi Walla - December 17, 2019December 17, 20190 The parlour confession. [Text and photos by Mayank Austen Soofi] The Proust Questionnaire represents a confessional game that owes its structure to answers given by celebrated French writer Marcel Proust in two parties that he attended at ages 13 and 20 in the late 19th century. The Delhi Walla brings these Parisian parlour confessions into the Indian capital to explore people’s lives, thoughts, values and experiences. The series interviews folks from diverse backgrounds. Here’s the new French ambassador. Say hello to Emmanuel Lenain, 49. An enthusiast of gelatin silver print photography, he arrived in Delhi in September 2019. Your favorite virtue or the principal aspect of your personality humor Your favorite qualities in a man humor Your favorite qualities in a woman humor Your chief characteristic I am always lucky What do you appreciate the most in your friends? Their cellar Your main fault Poor jokes Your favorite occupation No occupation Your idea of happiness Lost in the library of Babel Your idea of misery or what would be your greatest misfortune? To be on a diet If not yourself, who would you be? A chef Where would you like to live? In a wineyard Your favourite colour and flower Red, peonies Your favorite bird The albatros Your favorite prose authors Stendhal, Tolstoi and of course Proust Your favorite poets Baudelaire, Rimbaud, Celan Your favorite hero in fiction Cyrano de Bergerac Your favorite heroine in fiction Marie Slim Browning Your favorite composers Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin Your favorite painters Yan Peiming, my friend Your heroes/heroines in real life François Vatel What characters in history do you most dislike? Fanatics Your hero in World history Gandhi Your favorite food and drink Biryani sustained by a Pommard Your favorite name Zoé which is the name that I gave to first and only turtle. What do you hate the most? Routine The military event you admire the most The battle of Marengo which gave its name to a dish The reform you admire the most La nouvelle cuisine The natural talent you’d like to be gifted with Flying How do you wish to die? Never What is your present state of mind? Amazed by India Faults for which you have the most tolerance Mine Your motto in life You shall not die ignorant Into the citizen’s heart 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. FacebookX Related Related posts: Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Polish Ambassador Adam Burakowski , Tilak Marg Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Proust Scholar William C. Carter, On Marcel Proust’s 100th Death Anniversary Netherfield Ball – French Ambassador’s Cocktail Reception, Nyaya Marg Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Banil Singh Panwar, KG Marg Delhi’s Proust Questionnaire – Irish Ambassador Brendan Ward, Bloomsday Special!