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Hervé Le Tellier

エルヴェ・ル・テリエ　/　えるゔぇ・る・てりえ

Journalist from France

April 21, 1957 (age 69)　・　Paris, France

journalist
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poet

My Take

I love that Le Tellier is the kind of writer who can sit comfortably between a mathematician and a poet, and as the fourth president of Oulipo he carries a tradition that treats constraint as a creative engine rather than a cage. Winning the Prix Goncourt in 2020 put a serious literary spotlight on a sensibility I find genuinely playful, and the earlier Prix de l'Humour noir tells you he never lost his appetite for wit. What draws me in is the combination: a Paris Diderot mind, a journalist's eye, and a willingness to bend form. He feels like a writer worth reading slowly.

Overview

Hervé Le Tellier (French pronunciation: [ɛʁve lə tɛlje]; born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fourth president.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Hervé Le Tellier
Name (Japanese): エルヴェ・ル・テリエ
Reading: えるゔぇ・る・てりえ
Born: April 21, 1957 (age 69)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Taurus / Rooster
Origin: Paris, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: journalist / writer / poet / literary critic / mathematician

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Paris Diderot University

Awards & achievements

2013 Prix de l'Humour noir
2020 Prix Goncourt

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8

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