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Jean-Philippe Toussaint

1957 - Today

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Jean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan. Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel Fuir (Running Away), the second volume of the « Cycle of Marie », a four-tome chronicle published over ten years and displaying the separation of Marie and her lover. His 2009 novel La Vérité sur Marie (The Truth about Marie), third volume of the cycle, won the Prix Décembre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Philippe Toussaint is the 4,752nd most popular writer (up from 5,484th in 2019), the 638th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 705th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Belgian Writer.

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Among writers, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 4,752 out of 7,302. Before him are David Belasco, Sakyo Komatsu, Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov, Mieke Bal, Hushang Ebtehaj, and Joe Abercrombie. After him are Charles Brockden Brown, Susanna Kaysen, Elaine May, Juan José Millás, John Boyne, and Philippe Djian.

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Among people born in 1957, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 278. Before him are Steve Davis, Patrik Ouředník, Rick Husband, Hervé Le Tellier, Khandi Alexander, and Sheila E.. After him are Jackie Shroff, Ulrich Tukur, Refat Chubarov, Daniela Dessì, Ingrid Auerswald, and Jüri Tamm.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 638 out of 1,190. Before him are Georges Grün (1962), Jules d'Anethan (1803), Gabrielle Petit (1893), Suzanne Lilar (1901), Jef Planckaert (1934), and Emiel Puttemans (1947). After him are Jan Diddens (1906), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), Willy Planckaert (1944), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), François Weyergans (1941), and René Desaeyere (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Belgium

Among writers born in Belgium, Jean-Philippe Toussaint ranks 37. Before him are Georges Eekhoud (1854), FM-2030 (1930), Stijn Streuvels (1871), Louis Paul Boon (1912), Willem Elsschot (1882), and Suzanne Lilar (1901). After him are François Weyergans (1941), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Simon Leys (1935), Françoise Mallet-Joris (1930), Paul van Ostaijen (1896), and Jan van Beers (1821).

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