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Hervé Le Tellier

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Hervé Le Tellier

Pen Names: Jaime MontestrelaUsed 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

Centre de formation des journalistes de Paris
Journalism
Country: France

Awards

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 Novel

A novel about a plane encountering an anomaly, duplicating its passengers in an SF scenario.

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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.