Hervé Le Tellier

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.

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

Occupation

journalist / writer / poet / literary critic / mathematician

University

Paris Diderot University

Awards & achievements

• 2013 Prix de l'Humour noir
• 2020 Prix Goncourt

Motto

Private

• 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

Tags

• journalist
• writer
• poet

Last updated

2026-06-02

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