Iegor Gran

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Iegor Gran
Born
Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky

(1964-12-23) December 23, 1964 (age 59)
NationalityFrench
Education École Centrale Paris
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseCatherine Gran
Parent(s) Andrei Sinyavsky
Maria Rozanova

Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist.

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Early life

Iegor Gran was born on 23 December 1964 in Moscow, Russia. [1] His father, Andrei Sinyavsky, was a Russian writer and dissident who was jailed from 1964 to 1971. [1] His mother, Maria Rozanova, was a publisher and an editor. [1] His family moved to France in 1973, when he was nine years old. [1] He graduated from the École Centrale Paris. [1]

Career

He published his first novel, Ipso facto, in 1998. He went on to write eleven more novels, some of which are critiques of political correctness. [1] His twelfth novel, La Revanche de Kevin, is about a novelist who feels bad about being named Kevin. [2]

He has written a bi-monthly column in Charlie Hebdo since 2011. [3]

Personal life

He is married to Catherine Gran, a painter. [1] They live in Paris. [1]

Bibliography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Murielle Lucie Clément, Écrivains franco-russes, Rodopi, 2008, pp. 207-211
  2. Charles Gautier, VIDÉO. "ONPC" : Iegor Gran déchaîne les "Kevin" sur Twitter, un écrivain qui fait du bien, Le Nouvel Observateur , 19 April 2015
  3. Natalie Levisalles, Iegor Gran: «"Charlie Hebdo", c'est un monument», Libération , 7 January 2015