Am茅lie Nothomb (Author of Stupeur et tremblements)

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Am茅lie Nothomb

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in Etterbeek, Belgium

July 09, 1966

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Am茅lie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japan at the age of two until she was five years old. Subsequently, she lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, the United Kingdom (Coventry) and Laos.
She is from a distinguished Belgian political family; she is notably the grand-niece of Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a Belgian foreign minister (1980-1981). Her first novel, Hygi猫ne de l'assassin, was published in 1992. Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. Les Catilinaires (1995), Stupeur Et Tremblements (1999) and M茅taphysique des tubes (2000).

She has been awar Am茅lie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japan at the age of two until she was five years old. Subsequently, she lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, the United Kingdom (Coventry) and Laos.
She is from a distinguished Belgian political family; she is notably the grand-niece of Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a Belgian foreign minister (1980-1981). Her first novel, Hygi猫ne de l'assassin, was published in 1992. Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. Les Catilinaires (1995), Stupeur Et Tremblements (1999) and M茅taphysique des tubes (2000).

She has been awarded numerous prizes, including the 1999 Grand Prix du roman de l'Acad茅mie fran莽aise; the Prix Ren茅-Fallet; and twice the Prix Alain-Fournier.
While in Japan, she attended a local school and learned Japanese. When she was five the family moved to China. "Quitter le Japon fut pour moi un arrachement" ("Leaving Japan was a wrenching separation for me") she writes in Fear and Trembling. Nothomb moved often, and did not live in Europe until she was 17, when she moved to Brussels. There, she reportedly felt as much a stranger as everywhere else. She studied philology at the Universit茅 Libre de Bruxelles. After some family tensions, she returned to Japan to work in a big Japanese company in Tokyo. Her experience of this time is told in Fear and Trembling. She has written a romanticized biography (Robert des noms propres) for the French female singer RoBERT in 2002 and during the period 2000-2002 she wrote the lyrics for nine tracks of the same artist. Many ideas inserted in her books come from the conversations she had with an Italian man, from late eighties and during the nineties. She used the French Minitel, while he used the Italian Videotel system, connected with the French one. They never met personally.

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	Stupeur et tremblements 3.74 avg rating — 41,587 ratings — published 1999 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	M茅taphysique des tubes 3.95 avg rating — 18,788 ratings — published 2000 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hygi猫ne de l'assassin 3.77 avg rating — 17,816 ratings — published 1992 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosm茅tique de l'ennemi 3.91 avg rating — 15,978 ratings — published 2001 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ni d'脠ve ni d'Adam 3.74 avg rating — 11,676 ratings — published 2007 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acide sulfurique 3.57 avg rating — 11,935 ratings — published 2005 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biographie de la faim 3.84 avg rating — 8,785 ratings — published 2004 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antichrista by Am茅lie Nothomb, Shaun Whiteside (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 9,739 ratings — published 2003 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frappe-toi le c艙ur 3.92 avg rating — 8,066 ratings — published 2017 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mercure 3.70 avg rating — 7,635 ratings — published 1998 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.”
― Amelie Nothomb

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“Il n'y a rien de gentil 脿 laisser de faux espoirs. L'ambigu茂t茅 est la source de la douleur.”
― Am茅lie Nothomb, Ni d'脠ve ni d'Adam

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“Il y a des 产别补耻迟茅s qui sautent aux yeux et d'autres qui sont 茅crites en hy茅roglyphes: on met du temps 脿 d茅chiffrer leur splendeur mais, quand elle est apparue, elle est plus belle que la 产别补耻迟茅.”
― Am茅lie Nothomb

tags: amour, 产别补耻迟茅

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