![]() After facing troubles in her family, she returned to Tokyo to work in a big Japanese company. She studied philology at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Nothomb moved very often, before discovering Europe, more precisely, Brussels, where she reportedly felt as much a stranger as everywhere else. "Quitter le Japon fut pour moi un arrachement" ("leaving Japan was a painful experience for me") she writes in "Fear and Trembling". When she was five the family moved to China. While in Japan, she attended a local school and learned Japanese. She was awarded numerous prizes, including the Prix du Roman de L'Academie Francaise the Prix Rene-Fallet and twice the Prix Alain Fournier. "Les Catilinaires" (1995), "Fear and Trembling" (1999) and "Métaphysique des tubes" (published in English as "The Character of Rain") (2000). ![]() Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. ![]() Her first novel, "L'higiene de l'assassin" ("Hygiene and the Assassin") was published in 1992. She was born in Kobe, Japan to Belgian diplomats, before living in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, and Laos. Amélie Nothomb (born August 13, 1967) is a Belgian writer. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |