Leïla Slimani and her financier husband left Paris to settle abroad, in the 12th best city in the world

The journalist and writer Leïla Slimani, who notably received the 2016 Goncourt Prize for her second novel, Sweet songe, has been married since 2008 to a banker, Antoine d'Engremont – former director of Crédit Suisse, now a leader at Kepler Cheuvreux, a financial company – with whom she had two children (a boy born in 2011 and a girl in 2017).

The one that can be found this Wednesday evening on France 5 in The Great Bookstore decided to leave Paris, with his family. Direction Lisbon, the capital of Portugal, for the small family. “Goodbye to the requests, the scattering, the insistent looks, goodbye to this sky which swallows the light“, wrote our colleagues from Liberationin a portrait dedicated to Leïla Slimani and more precisely to this move.

“Lisbon, they often came there, on weekends with French friends“, we learned in particular in this report, before the newspaper listed the many advantages of this city, between “mild climate, accommodating taxation” et “easy air connections – two hours to Paris and just one to Rabat, where his mother lives.“

Leïla Slimani and her husband in the 12th best city in the world

Lisbon is also where Eric Cantona set foot, with Rachida Brakni and their children. According to Time Outthe capital of Portugal is the 12th best city in the world. For what ? For the reasons previously mentioned, but also for the pastel shades of its old buildings, the azulejos (set of decorated earthenware tiles), or the breathtaking view of the Tagus.

Without forgetting its numerous festivals like Rock in Rio or NOS Alive, but also its museums like the National Museum of Contemporary Art. In short, Lisbon has it all. Coming back to Leïla Slimani, she had first considered, with her husband, flying to Boston, where Harvard University offered her the opportunity to teach writing. But they were discouraged because of the constraints linked to Covid.

The city of Lisbon was therefore chosen. Over there, “they rent an apartment, and order a car as soon as they leave school to enjoy the beach.” A living environment that tempts you!