Laurent Mauvignier | |
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![]() Laurent Mauvignier in 2014. | |
Born | 1967 (age 56–57) |
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Writer (prose and theater) |
Family | Thierry Mauvignier |
Laurent Mauvignier (born in 1967, Tours) is a French writer. [1] He is the brother of the director Thierry Mauvignier.
After studying visual arts at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, Laurent Mauvignier decided to become a writer in the 1990s following the advice of Tanguy Viel, a friend and novelist. [1] To date, he published all his works at the éditions de Minuit, where along with Jean Echenoz, Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Marie NDiaye or Éric Chevillard, Laurent Mauvignier is associated with the so-called « Style [des éditions de] Minuit ». [2] [3]
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