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Hunde Sind Nicht Nur Imstande... by Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq

Biografia do Artista para Michel Houellebecq

Michel Houellebecq Real Name Michel Thomas Born 26 February 1958 On The Island Of Réunion France Is A Controversial Award-Winning French Novelist Filmmaker And Poet. He Left France And Lived In Ireland For Some Years. He Currently Lives In Spain But Has Said That He Does Not Intend To Stay There Indefinitely. Houellebecq Worked As A Computer Administrator In Paris Before He Became The So-Called "pop Star Of The Single Generation". Gaining Fame With The Novel Extension Du Domaine De La Lutte In 1994 Translated Into English By Paul Hammond As Whatever He Won The 1998 Prix Novembre With His Novel Les Particules Élementaires Translated By Frank Wynne And Published As Atomised Heinemann UK Or The Elementary Particles Knopf US . The Novel Became An Instant "nihilistic Classic" Although The New York Times Described It As "a Deeply Repugnant Read." The Novel Won Houellebecq—along With His Translator Frank Wynne—the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award In 2002. The Author's Following Novel Plateforme 2001 Earned Him A Wider Reputation. It Is A Romance Told Mostly In The First-Person By An Aging Male Arts Administrator With Many Sex Scenes And An Approbation Of Prostitution And Sex Tourism. The Novel's Depiction Of Life And Its Explicit Criticism Of Islam And The Muslim Faith Together With An Interview Its Author Gave To The Magazine Lire Led To Accusations Against Houellebecq By Several Organisations Including France's Human Rights League The Mecca-Based World Islamic League And The Mosques Of Paris And Lyon. Charges Were Brought To Trial In Circumstances Reminiscent Of Britain's Salman Rushdie Affair But A Panel Of Three Judges Delivering Their Verdict To A Packed Paris Courtroom Acquitted The Author Of Having Provoked Racial Hatred. His Most Recent Novel Is The Possibility Of An Island Original Title La Possibilité D'une Île . He Has Also Produced The Spoken Word CD "Presence Humaine" Where He Sings A Number Of His Poems To The Music Of Bertrand Burgalat Tricatel 2000 .