Michel Houellebecq (born 26 February 1958, on the French island of Réunion) is a controversial, award-winning French novelist. He left France and lived in Ireland for some years. He currently lives in Spain This work is copyrighted. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

Houellebecq worked as 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 Décembre with his novel Les Particules élementaires (translated by Frank Wynne) and published as Atomised (Heinemann, UK)/The Elementary Particles (Knopf, US) which became an instant 'nihilistic classic' that the New York Times called a deeply repugnant read. The novel earned Houellebecq and with his translator Frank Wynne the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2002. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The Prix Décembre, originally known as the Prix Novembre is one of Frances premier literary awards. ... Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer. ... Les Particules Élémentaires (The Elementary Particles) is a cynical novel by the French author Michel Houellebecq, published in France in 1998. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... Frank Wynne (born 1962) is an Irish literary translator and writer. ... The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is the largest and most international prize of its kind for a single work -published in English. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Controversy

His subsequent novel Plateforme (2001) earned him a wider reputation still, though extracts from the novel, together with an interview he accorded the magazine Lire led to charges being brought against him by France's Human Rights League, the Mecca-based World Islamic League and the mosques of Paris and Lyon in a trial reminiscent of Britain's Salman Rushdie affair. A panel of three judges, delivering their verdict to a packed Paris courtroom, acquitted Houellebecq of the charges of provoking racial hatred. 2001: A Space Odyssey 2001 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the holy city in Saudi Arabia. ... Islam   listen? (Arabic: al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions, and the worlds second largest religion. ... Tulip Mosque in Ufa, Russia. ... City motto: Avant, avant, Lion le melhor. ... Salman Rushdie Salman Rushdie (born Ahmed Salman Rushdie, June 19, 1947, in Bombay, India) is an Indian-born British essayist and author of fiction, most of which is set on the Indian subcontinent. ...

Adaptations

Extension du domaine de la lutte has been filmed by Philippe Harel and adapted as a play in Danish by Jens Albinus for the Royal Danish Theatre.

The English translation of his novel Platform was adapted as a play by the theatre company Carnal Acts for the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London in December 2004. The ICA The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is a modern art centre on The Mall in London. ... December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bibliography

• Whatever - (translated by Paul Hammond, original title: Extension du domaine de la lutte) - 1994
• Atomised - (translated by Frank Wynne, original title: Les Particules élémentaires; published in the US as The Elementary Particles) - 1998
• Lanzarote - (translated by Frank Wynne) - 2000
• Platform - (translated by Frank Wynne, original title Plateforme) - 2001
• Against the World, Against Life (translated by Dorna Khazeni) a biography of H. P. Lovecraft.

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