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Amélie Nothomb

1967 - Today

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Baroness Fabienne Claire Nothomb (French pronunciation: [fabjɛn klɛːʁ nɔtɔ̃b]; born 13 August 1967), better known by her pen name Amélie Nothomb (French: [ameli nɔtɔ̃b]), is a Belgian Francophone novelist. Part of her childhood was spent in Asia. A prolific author, since the publication of her first novel Hygiene and the Assassin in 1992, at the age of twenty-six, she has published a book a year. Her novels are among the top literary sales and have been translated into several languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amélie Nothomb is the 2,543rd most popular writer (up from 2,551st in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 351st in 2019) and the 21st most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Amélie Nothomb ranks 2,543 out of 7,302. Before her are Michel Zevaco, Song Yingxing, Donald Adamson, Gustave Aimard, Théophile de Viau, and Petter Dass. After her are Kamalaśīla, Giovanni Pascoli, Chariton, Ki no Tsurayuki, Corrie ten Boom, and Alois Jirásek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Amélie Nothomb ranks 84. Before her are Thomas Muster, Roger Schmidt, Paul Gascoigne, Naoko Takeuchi, Noel Gallagher, and Lauren Graham. After her are Andreas Möller, Ken Block, Philip Selway, Dmitry Peskov, Eddie Guerrero, and Song Kang-ho.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Amélie Nothomb ranks 355 out of 1,190. Before her are Wilfried Van Moer (1945), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Charles Eugène de Croÿ (1651), Herri met de Bles (1480), François-Joseph Fétis (1784), and Pierre Harmel (1911). After her are Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (1833), Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Godfrey I, Count of Namur (1068), François de Cuvilliés (1695), Franky Van der Elst (1961), and Adrian Carton de Wiart (1880).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Amélie Nothomb ranks 21. Before her are J.-H. Rosny aîné (1856), Hendrik Conscience (1812), Guido Gezelle (1830), William of Moerbeke (1215), Jean Bolland (1596), and Michel de Ghelderode (1898). After her are Heinrich von Veldeke (1150), Jean Ray (1887), Caspar Barlaeus (1584), Daniël Heinsius (1580), Felix Timmermans (1886), and Jan Gruter (1560).

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