Prix Alain-Fournier
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1993) Winner
Amélie Nothomb
アメリ・ノトンブ
Amélie Nothomb
Aliases:
Fabienne Claire Nothomb
Pen Names:
Amélie Nothomb（Pen name as novelist）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1966-07-09 （Etterbeek (disputed)）
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Languages
- French, Japanese
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Kobe, Japan (ages 2-5) → China → New York City → Bangladesh → Burma → Coventry, UK → Laos → Brussels, Belgium
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, writer
- Active Years
- 1992-2025
- Affiliations
- Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
- Memberships
- Royal Academy of French Language and Literature in Belgium
- Influenced By
- Pierre Nothomb
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université libre de Bruxelles | — | philology | — | — | Belgium |
Université libre de Bruxelles
philology
Country:
Belgium
Studied philology
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Prix Jacques Chardonne | Loving Sabotage | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française | Fear and Trembling | — | Académie française | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Grand prix Jean Giono | — | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Prix Renaudot | Premier sang | — | Unknown | 受賞 |
| — | Order of the Crown | — | コマンドゥール | Kingdom of Belgium | 受章 |
Prix Jacques Chardonne
1993
Work:
Loving Sabotage
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1999
Work:
Fear and Trembling
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Grand prix Jean Giono
2008
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Prix Renaudot
2021
Work:
Premier sang
Organization:
Unknown
Result:
受賞
Order of the Crown
Category:
コマンドゥール
Organization:
Kingdom of Belgium
Result:
受章
Awards & Nominations
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
Prix de Flore
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2007) Winner
Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
1 appearances
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Edition 96 (2021) Winner
Works
Major Works
Hygiene and the Assassin
1992 novelSatirical novel about interviews with an obese writer.
satireisolation
Adaptations
- [film] Hygiène de l'assassin / François Ruggieri (1999)
Translations
- Translated into over 30 languages
Bibliography
- Hygiene and the Assassin
- Loving Sabotage
- Fear and Trembling
- Tokyo Fiancée
- The Life of Hunger
- Premier sang
Adaptations
- Fear and Trembling (film, 2003, dir. Alain Corneau)
- Tokyo Fiancée (film, 2014)
Translations of Works
- English, Spanish, and many others
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- satiricalgrotesqueconcise prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Japanese culturehungeridentity
Legacy
Prolific Belgian Francophone novelist publishing one book per year. Known for works inspired by her time in Japan. Recipient of numerous awards, ennobled as Baroness in 2015.
Academic Societies
- Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique
Trivia
- Disputed birth date and place (1966 Etterbeek vs. 1967 Kobe).
- Ennobled as life peer baroness by King Philippe of Belgium.
- Father was diplomat Patrick Nothomb.