Jean Echenoz


Jean Echenoz is a French writer.

Biography

Jean Echenoz was born in Orange, Vaucluse, the son of a psychiatrist, He studied in Rodez, Digne-les-Bains, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, where he has lived since 1970. He published his first book, :fr:Le Méridien de Greenwich|Le Méridien de Greenwich in 1979, for which he received the Fénéon Prize in 1980. He has published twelve novels to date and received about ten literary prizes, including the Prix Médicis 1983 for :fr:Cherokee |Cherokee, the Prix Goncourt 1999 for I'm Gone, and the Aristeion Prize for :fr:Lac|Chopin's Move .

Works

Novels and narratives (''récits'')