{"source_records": ["ia:czastkielementar0000houe", "amazon:2290028592", "amazon:2290334480", "amazon:2290032034", "ia:laposibilidaddeu0000houe", "amazon:8433981218", "ia:plattformroman0000houe", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2022-10-27", "amazon:0375412646"], "birth_date": "26 f\u00e9vrier 1956", "name": "Michel Houellebecq", "key": "/authors/OL300477A", "personal_name": "Michel Houellebecq", "photos": [15145461, 6763258], "remote_ids": {"isni": "000000012137320X", "viaf": "66522427", "wikidata": "Q103114", "bookbrainz": "6078a790-c6eb-4582-bb03-91af7ecbb5f7", "musicbrainz": "e26c4192-074a-4e36-a432-e29b01772511", "goodreads": "32878", "imdb": "nm0396391", "lc_naf": "n91088495", "librarything": "houellebecqmichel", "opac_sbn": "PUVV138652", "gnd": "121383261"}, "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "alternate_names": ["M. Houellebecq", "Michel Thomas"], "bio": "Michel Thomas, dit Michel Houellebecq est un \u00e9crivain, po\u00e8te, essayiste et acteur fran\u00e7ais n\u00e9 le 26 f\u00e9vrier 1956 \u00e0 Saint-Pierre (La R\u00e9union). Il est r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 par les romans *Extension du domaine de la lutte* (1994) et surtout *Les Particules \u00e9l\u00e9mentaires* (1998), qui le fait conna\u00eetre d'un large public. Ce dernier roman et son livre suivant *Plateforme* (2001) sont consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme pr\u00e9curseurs dans la litt\u00e9rature fran\u00e7aise, notamment pour leur description de la mis\u00e8re affective et sexuelle de l'homme occidental dans les ann\u00e9es 1990 et 2000. Avec *La Carte et le Territoire,* Michel Houellebecq re\u00e7oit le prix Goncourt en 2010, apr\u00e8s avoir \u00e9t\u00e9 plusieurs fois pressenti pour ce prix. Son \u0153uvre est traduite en plus de 40 langues.\r\n\r\n\r\n----------\r\n\r\n\r\nMichel Thomas, known as Michel Houellebecq, is a French writer, poet, essayist, and actor born on February 26, 1956, in Saint-Pierre, R\u00e9union. He rose to prominence with the novels *Whatever* *(Extension du domaine de la lutte,* 1994) and especially *The Elementary Particles* *(Les Particules \u00e9l\u00e9mentaires,* 1998), which brought him to the attention of a wide audience. The latter novel and his subsequent book, *Platform* (2001), are considered groundbreaking in French literature, particularly for their depiction of the emotional and sexual deprivation of Western man in the 1990s and 2000s. With *The Map and the Territory* *(La Carte et le Territoire),* Michel Houellebecq received the Prix Goncourt in 2010, after having been a contender several times. His work has been translated into more than 40 languages.", "latest_revision": 18, "revision": 18, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2025-11-23T08:12:55.549425"}}