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Germans dealt with the Jews even before the Holocaust: cutting the beards,
376:, as well as visiting Germany, East Europe and Caucasus. Littell claims that he undertook the creation of his main character, Aue, by imagining what he himself would have done had he been born in pre-war Germany and had become a
399:; he also includes an unusual appendix in this novel which lists all the music and songs he listened to while composing. In addition, Littell has published a detailed intelligence report about the security organs of the
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humiliating them in public, forcing them to clean the street.' That kind of stuff happens in the territories every day. Every goddamn day." However, he also said that "We really cannot compare the two".
291:. In January 2001 he was victim of an ambush in Chechnya, during which he was slightly wounded. In the same year he decided to quit his job in order to concentrate on the research of his second book,
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1102:(March–April 2007). "Conversation sur l'histoire et le roman".
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902:"Bad sex award goes to Jonathan Littell's The Kindly Ones",
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Littell, Jonathan; Blumenfeld, Samuel (November 17, 2006).
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185:. Although his grandparents were Jews who emigrated from
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Littell, Jonathan; Georgesco, Florent (January 2007).
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Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners
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919:"Jonathan Littell couronné par le Prix Sade 2018"
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1133:(March–April 2007). "Conversation à Beyrouth".
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150:), won two major French awards, including the
128:(born October 10, 1967) is a writer living in
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592:Triptych: Three Studies after Francis Bacon
468:won the 2009 Bad Sex in Fiction Award from
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1208:"Littell Interview with Samuel Blumenfeld"
963:"American Novelist Becomes French Citizen"
615:Syrian Notebooks: Inside the Homs uprising
415:, one book with four texts written before
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3481:American people of Russian-Jewish descent
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588:Triptyque: Trois études sur Francis Bacon
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1019:"Writer's Unlikely Hero: A Deviant Nazi"
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961:Combes, Marie-Laure (October 9, 2007).
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634:De l'agression russe. Écrits polémiques
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908:, 2009-11-30. Retrieved on 2009-12-06.
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628:Une vielle histoire (nouvelle version)
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982:"Littell est grand, by Jérôme Garcin"
642:(with photographs by Antoine d'Agata)
1160:Prague Watchdog (January 11, 2001).
1076:"Jonathan Littell, homme de l'année"
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91:The Kindly Ones (Les Bienveillantes)
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980:Garcin, Jérôme (November 6, 2006).
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324:in 2006. The novel is the story of
193:is more a historical background."
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1042:, Le Pré aux Clercs, p. 249,
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1017:Landler, Mark (March 9, 2007).
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1061:"Les vingt événements de 2008"
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3476:American expatriates in Spain
3397:Adélaïde de Clermont-Tonnerre
1040:Les Bienveillantes décryptées
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499:In a May 2008 interview with
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419:and, finally, a short essay.
181:Littell is the son of author
132:. His first novel written in
759:Littell & Georgesco 2007
273:Democratic Republic of Congo
156:Prix de l'Académie française
7:
1817:André Pieyre de Mandiargues
1175:Uni, Assaf (May 30, 2008).
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3521:People of the Chechen wars
3516:Writers from New York City
3496:American writers in French
649:(translated to English by
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3119:François-Olivier Rousseau
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436:2016 Cannes Film Festival
171:citizen of both countries
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3437:François-Henri Désérable
2616:Robert Bourget-Pailleron
2593:Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1494:Maurice Constantin-Weyer
1177:"The executioner's song"
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682:Bad Sex in Fiction Award
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298:Littell obtained French
35:Jonathan Littell in 2007
3355:Christophe Ono-dit-Biot
3080:Jacques-Francis Rolland
2951:Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
1558:Maxence Van der Meersch
1038:Lemonier, Marc (2007),
837:Littell & Nora 2007
735:Littell & Nora 2007
640:Un endroit inconvénient
3531:Yale University alumni
3151:Franz-Olivier Giesbert
2799:Michel de Saint Pierre
724:Alfred University 2004
622:The Fata Morgana Books
265:Bosnia and Herzegovina
107:2006
103:2006
16:American-French writer
3526:Prix Goncourt winners
3486:American male writers
3009:Pierre Schoendoerffer
2521:Jacques de Lacretelle
2128:Jacques-Pierre Amette
2112:Jean-Christophe Rufin
2045:Didier Van Cauwelaert
1153:10.3917/deba.144.0004
1122:10.3917/deba.144.0025
409:La Campagne de Russie
341:Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya
320:and was published in
261:Action Against Hunger
177:Early life and career
3262:Bernard du Boucheron
3207:François Taillandier
2632:Joseph-Henri Louwyck
2288:Jean-Baptiste Andrea
2272:Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
1809:Edmonde Charles-Roux
1638:Jean-Jacques Gautier
1323:Francis de Miomandre
1218:on November 10, 2012
949:on November 30, 2007
856:Cannes Film Festival
793:Prague Watchdog 2001
647:The Damp and the Dry
605:Une vieille histoire
489:Une vieille histoire
263:, working mainly in
214:William S. Burroughs
3506:French male writers
3065:Liliane Guignabodet
2919:François Nourissier
2093:Jean-Jacques Schuhl
1949:Dominique Fernandez
1212:Le Monde des Livres
1129:Littell, Jonathan;
1098:Littell, Jonathan;
1059:(January 1, 2006).
967:The Washington Post
888:The Literary Review
599:The Invisible Enemy
576:Tchétchénie, An III
470:The Literary Review
455:grand prix du roman
212:, and later on met
161:Littell grew up in
3445:Giuliano da Empoli
3429:Étienne de Montety
3254:Jean-Noël Pancrazi
3159:Philippe Beaussant
3111:Frédérique Hébrard
3017:Camille Bourniquel
2846:Christian Murciaux
2838:Gabriel d'Aubarède
2585:Jean de La Varende
2456:François Duhourcau
2184:Michel Houellebecq
2144:François Weyergans
2029:Patrick Chamoiseau
1901:Patrick Grainville
1753:André Schwarz-Bart
1713:Simone de Beauvoir
1331:Marius-Ary Leblond
1024:The New York Times
986:Nouvel Observateur
925:, October 8, 2018.
677:Les Bienveillantes
668:Les Bienveillantes
552:Le Sec et L'Humide
531:Les Bienveillantes
505:, Littell accused
459:Académie française
401:Russian Federation
378:National Socialist
148:Les Bienveillantes
3491:Exophonic writers
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3293:Vassilis Alexakis
3270:Henriette Jelinek
3127:Geneviève Dormann
2537:Jacques Chardonne
2329:Laureates of the
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1989:Tahar Ben Jelloun
1957:Frédérick Tristan
1646:Jean-Louis Curtis
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1049:978-2-266-18164-8
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