Amélie Nothomb
Paris, France
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Ilaria Gaspari: “Amélie Nothomb, writer and extraordinary woman. Because her presence in the world of writing is a constant source of inspiration, as is the idea that one can write every single day, each day at dawn, and deliver readers a new book every year, for the sole reason that inspiration never runs dry. Her ”
Belgian novelist born in Kobe, Japan, in 1966. Has published one novel every year since 1992 (Hygiène de l'assassin), translated into more than forty languages. Her best-known books, Stupeur et tremblements (1999, Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française), Métaphysique des tubes, Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam, Premier sang (Prix Renaudot 2021), draw on autobiographical material to explore power, the body and cultural displacement. Member of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de B
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