Serge Bramly

Serge Bramly (born 31 January 1949 in Tunis, Tunisia) is a French-language writer and essayist.
Biography.
He was born into a Jewish family in Tunis, Tunisia. When he was ten years old, his family emigrated to France. He was married to photographer Bettina Rheims, with whom he has collaborated frequently, and had a son, Virgile.
His novel "La terreur dans le boudoir" was adapted by Benoît Jacquot for the 2000 French film "Sade". He is also noted for his books on Leonardo da Vinci and the "Mona Lisa"--"Leonardo: Discovering the Life of Leonardo da Vinci",1991 "Leonardo: The Artist and the Man" (1995), and "Mona Lisa: The Enigma" (2005). In 2008 he won the prix Interallié for his novel "Le Premier Principe - Le Second Principe".