Michel Houellebecq (French: [miʃɛl wɛlbɛk]); born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel, Whatever, in 1994. His next novel, Atomised, published in 1998, brought him international fame as well as controversy. Platform followed in 2001. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996. An offhand remark about Islam during a publicity tour for his 2001 novel Platform led to Houellebecq being taken to court for inciting racial hatred (he was eventually cleared of all charges). He subsequently moved to Ireland for several years, before moving back to France, where he currently resides. He was described in 2015 as "France’s biggest literary export and, some say, greatest living writer." In a 2017 DW article he is dubbed the "undisputed star, and enfant terrible, of modern French literature".In 2010, he published The Map and the Territory, which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt. In 2015, his next novel, Submission, sparked another controversy for its depiction of Islam. His …
Michel Houellebecq
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Тома, Мішэль Уэльбек, Μισέλ Ουελμπέκ, and 28 others
میشێل وێلبێک, میشل ولبک, 米歇尔·维勒贝克, Mişel Uelbek, Michael Houellebecq, מישל וולבק, Michel, Միշել Ուելբեք, Mïşelʹ Wélʹbek, ميشال ويلبك, ミシェル・ウエルベック, ミシェル ウエルベック, 미셸 우엘벡, Мишель Уэльбек, Мішель Уельбек, Thomas, 미셸우엘벡, مىيشەل ۋەلبەك, ਮੀਸ਼ੇਲ ਵੇਲਬੇਕ, Michel Thomas, Michel Houellebecq, Mīšīl Wīlbīk, മൈക്കൽ ഹൂലെബെക്ക്, Mīšāl Wīlibīk, Мишел Уелбек, მიშელ უელბეკი, Mišelʹ Uėlʹbek, Mišels Velbeks - Born:
- Feb. 26, 1958
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Michel Houellebecq (French: [miʃɛl wɛlbɛk]); born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956 or 1958) is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel, Whatever, in 1994. His next novel, Atomised, published in 1998, brought him international fame as well as controversy. Platform followed in 2001. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996. An offhand remark about Islam during a publicity tour for his 2001 novel Platform led to Houellebecq being taken to court for inciting racial hatred (he was eventually cleared of all charges). He subsequently moved to Ireland for several years, before moving back to France, where he currently resides. He was described in 2015 as "France’s biggest literary export and, some say, greatest living writer." In a 2017 DW article he is dubbed the "undisputed star, and enfant terrible, of modern French literature".In 2010, he published The Map and the Territory, which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt. In 2015, his next novel, Submission, sparked another controversy for its depiction of Islam. His latest novel, Serotonin, was published in 2019.
