Michel Houellebecq (born 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French writer and occasional actor, film director and singer.
Michel Houellebecq (born 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French writer and occasional actor, film director and singer.
Michel Houellebecq is a French author of novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel, Whatever, in 1994. His next novel, Atomised, published in 1998, brought him international fame as well as controversy. Platform followed in 2001. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996.
The Prix Décembre, originally known as the Prix Novembre, is one of France's premier literary awards. It was founded under the name Prix Novembre in 1989 by Philippe Dennery. In 1998, the founder resigned after he disapproved awarding of the prize to Michel Houellebecq's novel Atomised. The prize then got a new patron – Pierre Bergé – and a new name: Prix Decembre.
Boucicaut is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the former Boucicaut Hospital and the rue Boucicaut.
Michel Serres was a French philosopher, theorist and writer. His works explore themes of science, time and death, and later incorporated prose.
Andreï Sergueïevitch Makine is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar.
Kenneth White was a Scottish poet, academic and writer.
Pierre-Jean Rémy is the pen-name of Jean-Pierre Angremy who was a French diplomat, novelist, and essayist. He was elected to the Académie française on 16 June 1988, and won the 1986 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for his novel Une ville immortelle.
Claude Esteban was a French poet.
Annie Saumont was a French short story writer and English to French translator.
Michel Host was a French writer.
The Map and the Territory is a novel by French author Michel Houellebecq. The narrative revolves around a successful artist, and involves a fictional murder of Houellebecq. It was published on 4 September 2010 by Flammarion and received the Prix Goncourt, the most prestigious French literary prize, in 2010. The title is a reference to the map–territory relation.
Bernard Henri Maris, also known as "Oncle Bernard", was a French economist, writer and journalist who was also a shareholder in Charlie Hebdo magazine. He was murdered on 7 January 2015, during the shooting at the headquarters of the magazine in Paris.
Maryse Wolinski was a French journalist, novelist and writer. She was the widow of cartoonist Georges Wolinski who died on 7 January 2015 during the Charlie Hebdo shooting in Paris.
Rama Ayalon is an Israeli French-to-Hebrew translator. She has translated more than 100 books of classic and contemporary literature in the fields of prose, philosophy, and psychoanalysis. Her translations include important philosophical works such as Pensées by Blaise Pascal and Totalité et infini by Emmanuel Lévinas. Among the prose authors she has translated are Michel Houellebecq, Georges Simenon, Marguerite Duras, Guy de Maupassant, Romain Gary, Milan Kundera, Delphine de Vigan, and Leïla Slimani.
Michel Deguy was a French poet and translator.
Laure Adler is a French journalist, writer, publisher and radio/TV producer.
Éric Holder was a French novelist.
Frédéric Jacques Temple was a French poet and writer. His work includes poems, novels, travel stories and essays.
Jacques Julliard was a French historian, columnist and essayist, and a union leader. He was the author of numerous books.
Configuration du dernier rivage is a poetry collection by the French writer Michel Houellebecq, published by Flammarion on 17 April 2013.