Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1 appearances
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Edition 92 (2006) Winner
Jonathan Littell
ジョナサン・リテル
Jonasan Riteru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967-10-10 （New York City, New York）
- Nationality
- American, French
- Languages
- English, French
- Residence History
- France → United States → Spain (Barcelona)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1989-2024
- Affiliations
- Action Against Hunger
- Influenced By
- Robert Littell, William S. Burroughs, Marquis de Sade, Maurice Blanchot, Jean Genet, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Georges Bataille, Samuel Beckett
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yale University | — | — | Bachelor's degree | — | United States |
Yale University
Degree:
Bachelor's degree
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Prix Goncourt | Les Bienveillantes | — | Académie Goncourt | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française | Les Bienveillantes | — | Académie française | 受賞 |
| 2009 | Bad Sex in Fiction Award | The Kindly Ones | — | The Literary Review | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Prix Sade | Une vieille histoire | — | — | 受賞 |
Prix Goncourt
2006
Work:
Les Bienveillantes
Organization:
Académie Goncourt
Result:
受賞
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
2006
Work:
Les Bienveillantes
Organization:
Académie française
Result:
受賞
Bad Sex in Fiction Award
2009
Work:
The Kindly Ones
Organization:
The Literary Review
Result:
受賞
Prix Sade
2018
Work:
Une vieille histoire
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Prix Goncourt
1 appearances
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Edition 104 (2006) Winner
Works
Major Works
Les Bienveillantes
2006 Historical novel 901 pagesA historical novel about World War II's Eastern Front through the fictional memoirs of SS officer Maximilien Aue, exploring the Holocaust from within Nazi Germany.
HolocaustNazismWar crimesHuman evil
Translations
- English: The Kindly Ones
Bibliography
- Bad Voltage
- Les Bienveillantes
- The Security Organs of the Russian Federation. A Brief History 1991–2004
- Le Sec et L'Humide
- Études
- Georgisches Reisetagebuch
- Récit sur Rien
- Tchétchénie, An III
- En Pièces
- Triptyque: Trois études sur Francis Bacon
- The Invisible Enemy
- Une vieille histoire
- Carnets de Homs
- The Fata Morgana Books
- Une vieille histoire (nouvelle version)
- De l'agression russe. Écrits polémiques
- Un endroit inconvénient
- The Damp and the Dry
Translations by Author
- English translations of Sade, Blanchot, Genet, Quignard
Translations of Works
- Translated into numerous languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed historical research-based narrativeExperimental styleMultilingual elements
- Recurring Motifs
- War and violenceDark side of humanityRe-examination of history
Health
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Ambush injury2001年1月Slightly wounded, no major impact on writing
Legacy
American-born writer who gained international fame in French literature by winning the Prix Goncourt. His depiction of the Holocaust from a Nazi perspective sparked controversy.
Trivia
- Son of novelist Robert Littell
- Wounded in an ambush in Chechnya
- Acquired French citizenship in 2007
- Lives in Barcelona