A former student from the Ecole Normal Supérieure, Paris, Donatien Grau (born 1987 in Paris) is a literary graduate from the Political Studies Institute, Paris, and an art critic and writer. He teaches Literature at the Sorbonne University in Paris, writes for several magazines, and is contributing editor of
Flash Art magazine. He is interested in the communication of classical culture and the connections between art and literature.
Donatien Grau has edited Olivier Zahm's collection of texts
Une avant-garde sans avant-garde – Essai sur l'art (Les presses du réel & JRP|Ringier) and has coedited
Pierre Guyotat et l'Algérie (Diaphanes).