Catherine Nay

Catherine Nay (born 1 January 1943) is a French journalist and political commentator.

Catherine Nay
Nay in 2019
Born	(1943-01-01) 1 January 1943 (age 82) Tours, France
Occupation	Journalist
Spouse	Albin Chalandon ​ ​ (m. 2016; died 2020)​

Biography

After she attended primary and secondary schools in Périgueux, Nay started studying law but dropped in license year to become a journalist. In 1968, at the age of 25, she was hired by the political service of the newspaper L'Express led by Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, where she covered right-wing politics.^[1] From 1975, Nay made a major part of her career at radio station Europe 1.^[2]

In 2005, she became an advisor to Europe 1's chairman Jean-Pierre Elkabbach. In 2008–9, she appeared several times in Le Grand Journal (Canal+) as a political commentator along with Alain Duhamel, Philippe Val and Jean-Michel Aphatie [fr].

Since 2007, Nay has appeared regularly in Les grandes voix d'Europe 1 on Saturdays. Since 2011, she has been a cast member of Il n'y en a pas deux comme Elle hosted by Marion Ruggieri [fr] on Europe 1.^[3] In April 2012, she was a jury member of Qui veut devenir président ? [fr] broadcast by France 4.^[4]

Upon the commemoration of the May 1958 and May 1968 events, Nay's first documentary film was broadcast by France 3 in prime time at the end of May 2018.

For a long time Nay lived with politician and Elf Aquitaine's former leader Albin Chalandon,^[5] whom she had met at the political convention of the UNR party.^[6] Chalandon married Nay in 2016, after the death of his wife Salomé from whom he had not divorced.

Nay was made an Officier of the National Order of Merit.^[7]

Published works

• La Double Méprise (in French). Paris: Grasset. 1980. ISBN 978-2-246-25241-2.
• Le Noir et le Rouge, ou l'Histoire d'une ambition (in French). Paris: Grasset. 1984. ISBN 978-2-246-28191-7.
• Les Sept Mitterrand, ou les Métamorphoses d'un septennat (in French). Paris: Grasset. 1987. ISBN 978-2-246-36291-3.
• Le Dauphin et le Régent (in French). Paris: Grasset. 1994. ISBN 978-2-246-47171-4.
• Un pouvoir nommé désir (in French). Paris: Grasset. 2007. ISBN 978-2-246-68001-7.
• L'Impétueux : Tourments, tourmentes, crises et tempêtes (in French). Paris: Grasset. 2012. ISBN 978-2-246-79010-5.
• Souvenirs, souvenirs… Tome 1 (in French). Paris: Robert Laffont. 2019. ISBN 978-2-221-19074-6.
• Tu le sais bien, le temps passe. Souvenirs, souvenirs… Tome 2 (in French). Paris: Bouquins. 2021. ISBN 978-2-382-92104-3.