Iegor Gran
Iegor Gran | |
---|---|
Born | Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky December 23, 1964 |
Nationality | French |
Education | École Centrale Paris |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Catherine Gran |
Parent(s) | Andrei Sinyavsky Maria Rozanova |
Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist.
Early life
Iegor Gran was born on 23 December 1964 in Moscow, Russia.[1] His father, Andrei Sinyavsky, was a Russian writer and dissident who was jailed from 1964 to 1971.[1] His mother, Maria Rozanova, is a publisher and an editor.[1] His family moved to France in 1973, when he was nine years old.[1] He graduated from the École Centrale Paris.[1]
Career
He published his first novel, Ipso facto, in 1998. He went on to write eleven more novels, some of which are critiques of political correctness.[1] His twelfth novel, La Revanche de Kevin, is about a novelist who feels bad about being named Kevin.[2]
He has written a bi-monthly column in Charlie Hebdo since 2011.[3]
Personal life
He is married to Catherine Gran, a painter.[1] They live in Paris.[1]
Bibliography
- Ipso facto (Paris: Éditions P.O.L, 1998).
- Acné festival (Paris: P.O.L., 1999).
- Spécimen mâle (Paris: P.O.L., 2001).
- ONG ! (Paris: P.O.L., 2003).
- Le Truoc-Nog (Paris: P.O.L., 2003).
- Jeanne d'Arc fait tic-tac (Paris: P.O.L., 2005).
- Les Trois Vies de Lucie (Paris: P.O.L., 2006).
- Thriller (Paris: P.O.L., 2009).
- L’écologie en bas de chez moi (Paris: P.O.L., 2011).
- L'Ambition (Paris: P.O.L., 2013).
- Vilaines Pensées, Les Échappés (2014).
- La Revanche de Kevin (Paris: P.O.L., 2015).
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Murielle Lucie Clément, Écrivains franco-russes, Rodopi, 2008, pp. 207-211 [1]
- ^ Charles Gautier, VIDÉO. "ONPC" : Iegor Gran déchaîne les "Kevin" sur Twitter, un écrivain qui fait du bien, Le Nouvel Observateur, 19 April 2015
- ^ Natalie Levisalles, Iegor Gran: «"Charlie Hebdo", c'est un monument», Libération, 7 January 2015