Prix Médicis
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Jean Lahougue
ジャン・ラウーグ
Jean Lahougue
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-11-27 （Paris）
- Nationality
- フランス, French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paris (birth) → Mayenne (since 1979)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, teacher
- Active Years
- 1973-2004
- Influenced By
- Agatha Christie, Georges Simenon, Raymond Queneau, Jules Verne
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Prix Médicis | Comptine des Height | — | — | declined |
Prix Médicis
1980
Work:
Comptine des Height
Result:
declined
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Comptine des Height
1980 novelTook over the master plan of the Ten Little Niggers by Agatha Christie.
parodymystery
Non-lieu dans un paysage
1977 novelVacated Landscape (trans. 2024).
landscapeabstract
Translations
- Vacated Landscape (English, 2024)
La doublure de Magrite
1987 novelNovel built on generative constraints, pastiche of Maigret series. Modified due to Simenon's opposition.
constrained writingpastiche
Le Domaine d'Ana
1998 novelCryptogram novel inspired by Jules Verne, with Oulipo constraints and cryptograms.
cryptogramadventure
Bibliography
- Argos et Athanor
- La Visite du château et autres romans
- La Polonaise
- Non-lieu dans un paysage
- Comptine des Height
- La doublure de Magrite
- La ressemblance et autres abus de langage
- Écriverons et liserons en vingt lettres
- Le Domaine d'Ana
- La ressemblance suivi de La feintise
- Lettre au maire de mon village
Translations of Works
- Non-lieu dans un paysage → Vacated Landscape (English)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- constrained writingOulipian techniqueslanguage play
- Recurring Motifs
- parodycryptogramslandscape
Legacy
French writer influenced by Oulipo, known for declining the Prix Médicis.
Trivia
- Declined the Prix Médicis in 1980.
- Resident of Montourtier village in Mayenne.