Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 93 (1995) Winner
Andreï Makine
アンドレイ・マキーヌ
Andorei Makine
Pen Names:
Gabriel Osmonde（Pseudonym used for publishing four novels）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-09-10 （Krasnoyarsk）
- Nationality
- France, Russia
- Languages
- French, Russian
- Residence History
- Krasnoyarsk → Penza → France
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1990-2024
- Affiliations
- Académie Française
- Memberships
- Académie Française
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moscow State University | — | — | — | — | Russia |
Moscow State University
Country:
Russia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Prix Goncourt | Le Testament français | — | Académie Goncourt | winner |
| 1995 | Prix Médicis | Le Testament français | — | — | winner |
| 1995 | Prix Goncourt des Lycéens | Le Testament français | — | — | winner |
Prix Goncourt
1995
Work:
Le Testament français
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
winner
Prix Médicis
1995
Work:
Le Testament français
Result:
winner
Prix Goncourt des Lycéens
1995
Work:
Le Testament français
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Le Testament français
1995 NovelA semi-autobiographical novel recounting memories of Russian summers through the French language and culture inherited from his French-born grandmother.
MemoryCultural clashSoviet era
Translations
- English: Dreams of My Russian Summers; Russian translation
Requiem for a Lost Empire
2000 NovelStory set in post-Soviet Russia.
LossFall of empire
Music of a Life
2001 NovelA novella centered on music.
MusicWar
Bibliography
- La Fille d'un héros de l'Union soviétique
- Confession d'un porte-drapeau déchu
- Au temps du fleuve Amour
- Le Testament français
- Le Crime d'Olga Arbelina
- Requiem pour l'Est
- La Musique d'une vie
- La Terre et le ciel de Jacques Dorme
- La Femme qui attendait
- L'Amour humain
- Le Monde selon Gabriel
- La Vie d'un homme inconnu
- Cette France qu'on oublie d'aimer
- Le Livre des brèves amours éternelles
- Une Femme Aimée
- Le Pays du lieutenant Schreiber
- L'archipel d'une autre vie
- Au-delà des frontières
- L'Ami arménien
- L'Ancien calendrier d'un amour
Translations of Works
- All English translations by Geoffrey Strachan
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Fluent French proseRussian perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- MemoryExileEast-West cultures
Legacy
Russian-born French novelist known for writing in French, first to win both Prix Goncourt and Prix Médicis for the same novel. Elected to the Académie Française in 2016.
Trivia
- Learned French from his grandmother and wrote poems in French as a boy.
- The identity of his pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde was a literary mystery for years.