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Hervé Le Tellier

1957 - Today

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Hervé Le Tellier (French pronunciation: [ɛʁve lə tɛlje]; born 21 April 1957) is a French writer and linguist, and a member of the international literary group Oulipo (Ouvroir de Littérature Potentielle, which translates roughly as "workshop of potential literature"). He is its fourth president. Other notable members have included Raymond Queneau, Georges Perec, Italo Calvino, Jacques Roubaud, Jean Lescure and Harry Mathews. He won the 2020 Prix Goncourt for The Anomaly. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hervé Le Tellier is the 4,721st most popular writer (down from 4,297th in 2019), the 4,369th most popular biography from France (down from 4,073rd in 2019) and the 552nd most popular French Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 4,721 out of 7,302Before him are Jan Kjærstad, Miljenko Jergović, Valentín Paz-Andrade, František Langer, Eleanor Farjeon, and Saadat Hasan Manto. After him are Itzik Feffer, Robert Greene, Aleardo Aleardi, Natalya Baranskaya, Suzanne Lilar, and Johann von Rist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 275Before him are Seve Ballesteros, Siouxsie Sioux, Nancy Cartwright, Steve Davis, Patrik Ouředník, and Rick Husband. After him are Khandi Alexander, Sheila E., Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Jackie Shroff, Ulrich Tukur, and Refat Chubarov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 4,369 out of 6,770Before him are Prince Carlo, Duke of Castro (1963), François Tristan l'Hermite (1601), René Navarre (1877), Jean-Paul Proust (1940), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), and Benoîte Groult (1920). After him are Lucien Michard (1903), Ernest Reyer (1823), Henri Béraud (1885), Bacary Sagna (1983), Audouin Dollfus (1924), and Manu Katché (1958).

Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Hervé Le Tellier ranks 552Before him are Guillaume Musso (1974), Pierre Mac Orlan (1882), Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (1947), Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset (1709), François Tristan l'Hermite (1601), and Benoîte Groult (1920). After him are Henri Béraud (1885), Philippe Djian (1949), Jean Tardieu (1903), Frédérick Tristan (1931), Jacques-Pierre Amette (1943), and Florence Delay (1941).