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My Take
Cyril Montana, a French writer and journalist born on New Year's Eve 1969, carries a faintly novelistic detail in that birthday alone, slipping into the world right as the year expires. I'm drawn to the writer-journalist double life: one eye observing the world, the other shaping it into prose, and that takes a stubborn, Capricorn-style patience. He's often noted as a former husband of the singer Anggun and father of their daughter, but honestly that biographical footnote interests me far less than his work as an author. What earns my respect is the vocation itself, the unglamorous labor of gathering other people's stories and making them last.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Cyril Montana
- Name (Japanese)
- シリル・モンタナ
- Reading
- しりる・もんたな
- Born
- December 31, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Rooster
- Origin
- France, United States
- Occupation
- writer / journalist
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Cyril Montana born?
Born December 31, 1969 (age 56).
Where is Cyril Montana from?
Cyril Montana is from France, United States.
What does Cyril Montana do?
Cyril Montana works as writer, journalist.
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.