Cécile Guilbert (born 1963) is a French writer and literary critic. She studied at Sciences-Po Paris. She has written a number of books on writers who are esprits libres or "free spirits": Saint Simon, Guy Debord, Laurence Sterne and Andy Warhol. She won the Prix Médicis de l'essai for Warhol spirit.She has also written novels such as Le Musée National (2000) and Réanimation (2012). She has written for France Culture, Canal Plus, Monde des Livres and Magazine Littéraire.
As of 2021, Guilbert sits on the jury of the Prix Renaudot.
In 2022, she made her acting debut in Albert Serra's drama film Pacifiction.
Works
1994 : Saint-Simon ou l’encre de la subversion, Gallimard
1996 : Pour Guy Debord, Gallimard
2000 : Le musée national, Gallimard
2004 : L’écrivain le plus libre, Gallimard
2008 : Warhol spirit, Grasset (Prix Médicis de l'essai) 2012 : Réanimation, Grasset