Fabienne Nothomb, dite Amélie Nothomb, est une romancière belge de langue française née le 9 juillet 1966 à Etterbeek. Autrice prolifique, elle publie un ouvrage par an depuis 1992, année de publication de son premier roman, Hygiène de l'assassin. Ses romans font partie, chaque année, des meilleures ventes littéraires et certains sont traduits en plusieurs langues. Elle a obtenu de très nombreux prix littéraires, dont le prix littéraire de la vocation (1993), le grand prix du roman de l'Académie française (1999) et le prix Renaudot (2021) . Ce succès lui vaut un arrêté royal qui lui accorde le titre honorifique de commandeur de l'ordre de la Couronne et, sur la proposition du vice-Premier ministre et ministre des Affaires étrangères, le roi Philippe lui a proposé la concession du titre personnel de baronne.
Fabienne Nothomb, known as Amélie Nothomb, is a Belgian novelist writing in French, born on July 9, 1966, in Etterbeek. A prolific author, she has published a book every year since 1992, the year of publication of her first novel, Hygiène de l'assassin (The Hygiene of the Assassin). Her novels consistently rank among the bestsellers, and some have been translated into several languages. She has received numerous literary awards, including the Prix Littéraire de la Vocation (1993), the Grand Prix du Roman of the Académie Française (1999), and the Prix Renaudot (2021). This success has earned her a royal decree granting her the honorary title of Commander of the Order of the Crown, and, on the recommendation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, King Philippe has proposed that she be granted the personal title of Baroness.
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Fiction, Fiction, general, French fiction, Man-woman relationships, Roman, Villages, Belgians, France, fiction, Französisch, Belletristische Darstellung, Childhood and youth, Children, Hunger, Language teachers, Romance literature, Romans, nouvelles, Ausgabe, Belgian fiction (French), Dancers, Female friendship, Fiction - General, Fiction, family life, Fiction, psychological, French literature (outside France), Friends and associatesID Numbers
- OLID: OL198100A
- Amazon ID: B00457MXBS
- BookBrainz: 8826c89b-195a-4fbf-8686-7f75c22c29d4
- GoodReads: 40416
- ISNI: 0000000081379681
- IMDb: nm0636569
- Library of Congress Names: n95060494
- LibraryThing: nothombamlie
- MusicBrainz: f34c4480-bfdb-4640-b1f2-f3f95905e14a
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): TO0V163740
- VIAF: 59141239
- Wikidata: Q168040
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- Fabienne Claire Nothomb
- Amélie Nothomb
- Amelie Nothomb
- Nothomb Amélie
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