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Jean Echenoz

ジャン・エシュノーズ　/　じゃん・えしゅのーず

Translator from France

December 26, 1947 (age 78)　・　Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France

Pas-de-Calais
translator
novelist

My Take

Jean Echenoz is the kind of writer I find genuinely thrilling: a Frenchman from Arras who has collected the Médicis, the Décembre, and the Goncourt across decades, which tells you he never rode a trend but kept refining a voice for a lifetime. Sustained prize-winning like that is the mark of a craftsman, not a flash in the pan. I am also drawn to the fact that he works as a translator, because that intimacy with moving language across borders surely sharpens the precision of his own prose. He is a quietly formidable talent, and those are exactly the authors I cherish most.

Overview

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

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

1. Profile

Name (English): Jean Echenoz
Name (Japanese): ジャン・エシュノーズ
Reading: じゃん・えしゅのーず
Born: December 26, 1947 (age 78)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Capricorn / Boar
Origin: Arras, Pas-de-Calais, France
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: translator / novelist

2. Background

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

Awards & achievements

1980 Fénéon Prize for literature
1983 Prix Médicis
1995 Prix Décembre
1999 Prix Goncourt
2006 Grand prix de littérature Paul-Morand
2006 Prix Littéraire Livres & Musiques de Deauville
2016 The prize of the BNF

3. Relationships

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

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	I'm Off	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA

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