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Amélie Nothomb


Born
in Etterbeek, Belgium
July 09, 1966

Genre
Literature & Fiction


Amélie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japan at the age of two until she was five years old. Subsequently, she lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, the United Kingdom (Coventry) and Laos.
She is from a distinguished Belgian political family; she is notably the grand-niece of Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a Belgian foreign minister (1980-1981). Her first novel, Hygiène de l'assassin, was published in 1992. Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. Les Catilinaires (1995), Stupeur Et Tremblements (1999) and Métaphysique des tubes (2000).

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Average rating: 3.7 · 279,416 ratings · 28,862 reviews · 102 distinct works • Similar authors
Stupeur et tremblements
3.74 avg rating — 44,780 ratings — published 1999 — 145 editions
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Métaphysique des tubes
3.97 avg rating — 22,854 ratings — published 2000 — 75 editions
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Cosmétique de l'ennemi
3.93 avg rating — 18,394 ratings — published 2001
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Hygiène de l'assassin
3.77 avg rating — 18,891 ratings — published 1992 — 22 editions
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Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
3.74 avg rating — 12,282 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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Acide sulfurique
3.57 avg rating — 12,775 ratings — published 2005 — 51 editions
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Biographie de la faim
3.84 avg rating — 9,273 ratings — published 2004 — 45 editions
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Frappe-toi le cœur
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“God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.”
― Amelie Nothomb
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“Il n'y a rien de gentil à laisser de faux espoirs. L'ambiguïté est la source de la douleur.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam
tags: relationships
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“Il y a des beautés qui sautent aux yeux et d'autres qui sont écrites en hyéroglyphes: on met du temps à déchiffrer leur splendeur mais, quand elle est apparue, elle est plus belle que la beauté.”
― Amélie Nothomb
tags: amour, beauté
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