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Corinne Maier (born December 7, 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, she was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women.

Biography Maier was born December 7, 1963 in Geneva, Switzerland. She attended the prestigious National Foundation of Political Sciences - Sciences Po, in Paris, studying economics and international relations. She later earned a doctorate in psychoanalysis.

Early in her professional life, she worked as an economist for the French national electricity provider, Électricité de France (EdF), from 1992 to 2005[2] - she describes this as a 'youthful error' but it nonetheless gave her the opportunity to observe first-hand the corporate culture she later set out to satirize and subvert in her work '. She then practiced as a psychoanalyst, until 2015, when she decide to dedicate herself to writing.

Prior to leaving EdF, in 2004, she wrote Bonjour paresse, a biting critique subtitled 'The Art and Necessity of Doing the Least Possible in a Corporation' which encouraged employees to subtly subvert corporate authority. However, she identified her employer on the back cover of the book and following this she claims she faced disciplinary action after being accused of leaving work early and being inattentive during meetings (the very behavior she advocated in Bonjour paresse). She took her case to the workers' union and the ensuing dispute generated media interest that increased public interest in her book, which then went on to reach the number one ranking on Amazon's French-language bestseller list.[1]

She has published around twenty books as well as numerous pamphlets and essays across a broad range of genres, including literary criticism, economics, sociology and fiction. She has written for a wide range of publications, from niche specialist publications to the international press, including the New York Times. She is also the author of 'No Kid' an anti-natalist manifesto, which has been translated into over twelve languages. She also presents at conferences and writes scripts for graphic novels, including biographies of historical figures (De Gaulle, Casanova, Pasteur, Marx, Freud…). In her work as a satirist, Maier has been compared to Scott Adams.[1] In 2016, she was named as a BBC 100 Women laureate.[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 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 the Internet Movie Database