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Yannick Haenel

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Yannick Haenel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1967-01-01 (Rennes)
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
French
Residence History
La Flèche → Versailles → Rome (Villa Médicis)

Career

Occupations
writer, French teacher, co-founder of literary magazine, columnist
Active Years
1996-2024
Affiliations
Ligne de risque, Villa Médicis, Transfuge, Charlie Hebdo

Education

Prytanée National Militaire
Country: France
at La Flèche

Awards

Prix Décembre
2007
Work: Cercle
Category: 小説
Organization: Fondation Prix Décembre
Result: 受賞
Prix Roger Nimier
2008
Work: Cercle
Category: 小説
Result: 受賞
Prix du roman Fnac
2009
Work: Jan Karski
Category: 小説
Organization: Fnac
Result: 受賞
Prix Interallié
2009
Work: Jan Karski
Category: 小説
Result: 受賞
Prix Médicis
2017
Work: Tiens ferme ta couronne
Category: 外国小説
Result: 受賞
Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
2010
Organization: Ministry of Culture (France)
Result: 受賞
Chevalier of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
2012
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Cercle

2007 novel

A novel published in 2007 that won Prix Décembre and Prix Roger Nimier.

liferisk

Jan Karski

2009 novel

A novel about Jan Karski's life, winner of Prix Interallié and Prix du roman Fnac. Inspired by Claude Lanzmann's Shoah.

Holocaustresistancehistory

Tiens ferme ta couronne

2017 novel

A novel published in 2017 that won Prix Médicis.

Bibliography

  • Les Petits Soldats (1996)
  • Introduction à la mort française (2001)
  • Évoluer parmi les avalanches (2003)
  • Cercle (2007)
  • Jan Karski (2009)
  • Les Renards pâles (2013)
  • Tiens ferme ta couronne (2017)

Translations by Author

  • À mon seul désir (2005, fiction)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
bold narrativefree use of fiction
Recurring Motifs
reinterpretation of historypersonal quest

Legacy

Known as a contemporary French writer who has won several literary prizes. Caused controversy with Jan Karski.

In Popular Culture

  • Noted for controversy with Claude Lanzmann

Trivia

  • Son of a soldier.
  • Criticized by Claude Lanzmann for falsifying history.
  • Columnist for Charlie Hebdo.