Jean Echenoz (; born 26 December 1947) is a French writer.

Biography

Jean Echenoz was born in

Orange, Vaucluse Orange (; Provençal dialect, Provençal: ''Aurenja'' or ''Aurenjo'' ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region in Southeastern France. It is ...

, the son of a psychiatrist, He studied in

Rodez Rodez (, , ; , ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the communau ...

Digne-les-Bains Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the Franco-Provençal, classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Alpe ...

Lyon Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

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and

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, where he has lived since 1970. He published his first book, '' Le Méridien de Greenwich'' in 1979, for which he received the Fénéon Prize in 1980. He has published twelve novels to date and received about ten literary prizes, including the

Prix Médicis The Prix Médicis () is a French literary award given each year in November. It was founded in 1958 by and .

1983 for ''

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'', the

Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt ( , "The Goncourt Prize") is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year". The prize carries a symbolic reward of only 10 euros, but resul ...

1999 for '' I'm Gone'' (''Je m'en vais''), and the Aristeion Prize for '' Chopin's Move'' (''Lac'') (1989).

Works

Novels and narratives (''récits'')

* '' Le Méridien de Greenwich'' (Minuit, 1979) * ''

'' (Minuit, 1983) (Godine, 1987; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994) * '' L'Équipée malaise'' (Minuit, 1986) ''Double Jeopardy'' (Godine, 1993; reprinted, University of Nebraska Press, 1994) * '' L'Occupation des sols'' (Minuit, 1988) ''Plan of Occupancy'' (Alyscamps Press, 1995) * ''

Lac Lac may refer to: Places Africa * Lac Region, a district in Chad * Lac Prefecture, a district in Chad America * Rivière du Lac, a tributary of the Montmorency River, in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada Europe * Laç, a city in Albania * Lac ...

'' (Minuit, 1989) ''Chopin's Move'' (Dalkey Archive, 2004) * '' Nous trois'' (Minuit, 1992) ''We Three'' (Dalkey Archive, 2017) * '' Les Grandes Blondes'' (Minuit, 1995) ''Big Blondes'' (The New Press, 1997) * '' Un an'' (Minuit, 1997) * '' Je m'en vais'' (Minuit, 1999) US: ''I'm Gone'' (The New Press, 2001); UK: ''I'm Off'' (Harvill, 2001) * ''

Jérôme Lindon Jerome (c.347–420) was a priest, confessor, theologian and historian from Dalmatia. Jerome may also refer to: People Given name * Jerome (given name), a masculine name of Greek origin, with a list of people so named * Saint Jerome (disambiguat ...

'' (Minuit, 2001) * '' Au piano'' (Minuit, 2003) ''Piano'' (The New Press, 2004) * ''

Ravel Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...

'' (Minuit, 2006) (The New Press, 2007) * '' Courir'' (Minuit, 2008) ''Running'' (The New Press, 2009) * '' Des éclairs'' (Minuit, 2010) ''Lightning'' (The New Press, 2011) * '' 14'' (Minuit, 2012) ''1914'' (The New Press, 2014) * '' Caprice de la reine'' (Minuit, 2014) ''The Queen's Caprice'' (The New Press, 2015) * '' Envoyée spéciale'' (Minuit, 2016) ''Special Envoy'' (The New Press, 2017) * '' Vie de Gérard Fulmard'' (Minuit, 2020) ''Command Performance'' (New York Review Books, 2024)

Other publications

* "Ayez des amis", p. 49-70 in "New Smyrna Beach, Semaines de Suzanne" (Minuit, 1991) * "J'arrive" in ''Le serpent à plumes'', no. 3, 1992 *''

Les Éclairs ''Les Éclairs'' (''The Lightning Flashes'') is an opera in four acts to a libretto by Jean Echenoz with music by Philippe Hersant. It was premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 2 November 2021. Based on a 2010 novel by Jean Echenoz,Jean Ec ...

'' (opera, adapted from ''Des éclairs''), Minuit, 2021 ()

External links

Critical bibliography (Auteurs.contemporain.info)

References

1947 births Living people People from Orange, Vaucluse 20th-century French novelists 21st-century French novelists Writers from Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Prix Goncourt winners Prix Médicis winners Prix Décembre winners French male novelists Prix Fénéon winners 20th-century French male writers 21st-century French male writers {{France-novelist-20thC-stub