Antoine Volodine

Sam Gormley (Independent Scholar - Europe)

Ed. by Akane Kawakami, Birkbeck, University of London, Hugo Azerad, University of Cambridge
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.07: French Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born c. 1950
Activity c. 1988-ongoing

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Born in France
Active in France

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Antoine Volodine (b.1949/50) is one of the most important figures in France’s contemporary literary landscape. Since the late 1980s, he has produced some of the most imaginative and ambitious fiction of the contemporary period, single-mindedly pursuing a unified literary project under the name of “post-exoticism”. A recipient of the Prix Médicis (2014), the Prix du Livre Inter (2000), and the Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire (1987) among other distinctions, Volodine’s prestige as one of France’s foremost novelists is beyond doubt. His influence has slowly extended beyond France over the past decade, and recent English translations of several novels—notably those by Jeffrey Zuckerman and J.T. Mahany—have helped introduce Volodine to readerships in the UK and the USA. He…

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Citation: Gormley, Sam. "Antoine Volodine". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 19 May 2021 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=14752, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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