Prix Goncourt
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Edition 118 (2020) Winner
Hervé Le Tellier
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Hervé Le Tellier
Pen Names:
Jaime Montestrela（Used for the short story collection Contes liquides）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1957-04-21 （Paris）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Journalist, Linguist
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Affiliations
- Oulipo
- Memberships
- Oulipo (4th president)
- Influenced By
- Italo Calvino, Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris | — | Journalism | — | — | France |
Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris
Journalism
Country:
France
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Prix Goncourt | The Anomaly | — | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir | Contes liquides | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix Goncourt
2020
Work:
The Anomaly
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix de l'Humour Noir
2013
Work:
Contes liquides
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Anomaly
2020 NovelA novel about a plane encountering an anomaly, duplicating its passengers in an SF scenario.
AnomalyDuplicationExistence
Translations
- English: translated by Adriana Hunter
Bibliography
- Sonates de bar (1991)
- Le Voleur de nostalgie (1992)
- La Disparition de Perek (1997)
- A Thousand Pearls (for a Thousand Pennies) (1998)
- Joconde jusqu'à cent (1999)
- Zindien (2000)
- Encyclopaedia Inutilis (2002)
- The Sextine Chapel (2005)
- Esthétique de l’Oulipo (2006)
- The Intervention of a Good Man (2007)
- Enough About Love (2009)
- Electrico W (2011)
- Contes liquides (2013)
- All Happy Families (2017)
- The Anomaly (2020)
- Le nom sur le mur (2024)
Translations of Works
- The Sextine Chapel (Ian Monk)
- Enough About Love (Adriana Hunter)
- All Happy Families (Adriana Hunter)
- The Anomaly (Adriana Hunter)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Constrained literatureExperimental styleOulipo style
- Recurring Motifs
- MemoryCitiesHumor
Legacy
Member and fourth president of Oulipo. Known for winning the 2020 Prix Goncourt, promoting potential literature.
Trivia
- First Oulipo member to win the Prix Goncourt.
- Transitioned from scientific journalist to writer.