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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1958
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Jack London
- Première Guerre mondiale
- Le Tibet est-il une cause perdue ?
- Routes de la soie
- Afghanistan
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1786-11-19
- Active to
- 1826-06-05
Discography
- Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C Major, Opus 11 / Clarinet Quintet in B Flat, Opus 341950
- Liszt: Sonata in B minor / Weber: Sonata no. 4 in E minor / Invitation to the Dance1960
- Invitation to the Dance1961
- "Italian" Symphony, "The Hebrides" Overture / "Oberon" Overture1963
- Birgit Nilsson sings German Opera1964
- Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major, Andante and Hungarian Rondo / Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major1965
- Concerto Nº 1, Clarinet / Concertino, Clarinet / Quintet Clarinet1967
- Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 And 21968
- Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 / Weber: Concertino / Rossini: Theme and Variations1969
- Ouvertüren1976
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2
- Total plays
- 15
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Recent publications · Crossref
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Key facts
- Born
- Olivier Weber , 1958 (age 67 – 68) , Montluçon , France
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- French
- Period
- 1992–present
- Genre
- Novel, essay, travel writing
- Subject
- Exile, migration, ecology, faith, childhood
- Notable works
- Le Barbaresque , Le Faucon afghan , Les Impunis
- Notable awards
- Joseph Kessel Prize, Albert Londres Prize, Amerigo Vespucci Prize, European and Mediterranean book prize , Pierre Loti Prize
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Olivier
- Family name
- Weber
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Montluçon
- Occupation
- film director
- Position held
- ambassador
- Educated at
- University of San Francisco
- Employer
- Sciences Po
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- French
- Image
- Paris - Salon du livre 2012 - Olivier Weber - 001.jpg
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- Commons category
- Olivier Weber
- date of birth
- 1958-06-12
- name in native language
- Olivier Weber
- writing language
- French
- P10632
- Olivier Weber
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Olivier Weber (born 1958) is a French writer, novelist and reporter at large, known primarily for his coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has been a war correspondent for twenty-five years, especially in Central Asia, Africa, Middle-East and Iraq. He is an assistant professor at the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, president of the Prize Joseph Kessel and today ambassador of France at large. Weber has won several national and international awards of literature and journalism, in particular for his stories on Afghanistan and for his books on wars. His novels, travels writing books and essays have been translated in a dozen of languages.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olivier Weber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.