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Michel Houellebecq (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl wɛlbɛk]; born Michel Thomas on 26 February 1956) 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. His next novel, Atomised, published in 1998, brought him international fame as well as controversy. Platform followed in 2001. He has published several books of poetry, including The Art of Struggle in 1996. An offhand remark about Islam during a publicity tour for his 2001 novel Platform led to Houellebecq being taken to court for inciting racial hatred. He was eventually cleared of all charges. He subsequently moved to Ireland for several years,[1] before moving back to France, where he currently resides.[2] He was described in 2015 as "France’s biggest literary export and, some say, greatest living writer."[3] In a 2017 Deutsche Welle article, he is d

Michel Houellebecq - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia French writer (born 1956) Michel Houellebecq Houellebecq in 2016 Born Michel Thomas ( 1956-02-26 ) 26 February 1956 (age 70) Réunion , France Occupation Novelist poet filmmaker Alma mater INA P-G Notable works Atomised (1998) Platform (2001) The Map and the Territory (2010) Submission (2015) Annihilation (2022) Notable awards Prix Novembre (1998) International Dublin Literary Award (2002) Prix Goncourt (2010) Austrian State Prize for European Literature (2019) Jerusalem Prize (2025) Spouse Identity unknown ​ ​

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