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Biography
Michel Houellebecq is a French author of novels, poems, and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker, and singer. His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel Whatever in 1994 and his second, Atomised, in 1998, to international fame as well as controversy. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996.
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Awards & recognition
- Paul-Jean Toulet Prize · 2026
- Austrian State Prize — European Literature · 2019
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · 2019
- Oswald Spengler Prize · 2018
- The prize of the BNF · 2015
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- Prix Goncourt · 2010
- Prix Interallié · 2005
- Dublin Literary Award · 2002
- Grand prix national des Lettres · 1998
- Prix Décembre · 1998
- Prix de Flore · 1996
- International Booker Prize · 2020 · nominated
- Dublin Literary Award · 2002 · nominated
