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Jean Echenoz

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Jean Echenoz

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French writer

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Jean Echenoz is a French novelist and translator born in Arras. He was born in either 1946 or 1947. His native language is French, which he also uses for writing. He holds French citizenship.

Echenoz has received several literary awards, including the Prix Médicis, Prix Décembre, Prix Goncourt, and the Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand. His notable works include *30 unter 40*, *Aan de piano*, *Flitsen*, *Ich gehe jetzt*, and *Ik ben weg*. He has been recognized in the Prix Goncourt collection.

Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1947
Works
58

Top works

  • 30 unter 40
  • Aan de piano
  • Flitsen
  • Ich gehe jetzt
  • Ik ben weg

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
France
Active from
1947

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10
Total plays
54

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jean+Echenoz">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Jean Echenoz

Key facts

Born
( 1947-12-26 ) 26 December 1947 (age 78) , Orange, Vaucluse , France
Occupation
Writer
Known for
I'm Off , 1914

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean Echenoz ( French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ɛʃ(ə)noz]; born 26 December 1947) is a French writer.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jean Echenoz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.