By Nicolas Ungemuth (text) and Léa Crespi for Le Figaro Magazine (photos)
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"We have to start by saying that we have been married for a very long time and that people ignore it,"
said Amélie Nothomb, pointing to her bearded interlocutor.
Which specifies:
"We have a rather distant married life because we reason in the old fashioned way: it is a morganatic marriage.
We live in a castle.
Amélie is in one wing, me in the other. ”
The Belgian adds:
"We never see each other, that's why we get along so well."
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Amélie Nothomb, daughter of the father
This fall, Amélie Nothomb received the Renaudot prize for her novel
Premier sang
(Albin Michel) and Frédéric Beigbeder, juror, voted for her (
“This was not the case when Delphine de Vigan had it!”,
Asserts he).
The author of the 30 books is delighted:
“Of all the literary prizes I have received, this is the one that touches me the most.
It is very particular for me since it is a prize which crowns a book on my father.
And then, this is the price that
Voyage au bout received ...
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