Iegor Gran | |
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Born | Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky December 23, 1964 |
Nationality | French |
Education | École Centrale Paris |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Catherine Gran |
Parent(s) |
Andrei Sinyavsky Maria Rozanova |
Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist.
Iegor Gran was born on 23 December 1964 in Moscow, Russia. [1] His father, Andrei Sinyavsky, was a Russian writer and dissident who was jailed from 1964 to 1971. [1] His mother, Maria Rozanova, was a publisher and an editor. [1] His family moved to France in 1973, when he was nine years old. [1] He graduated from the École Centrale Paris. [1]
He published his first novel, Ipso facto, in 1998. He went on to write eleven more novels, some of which are critiques of political correctness. [1] His twelfth novel, La Revanche de Kevin, is about a novelist who feels bad about being named Kevin. [2]
He has written a bi-monthly column in Charlie Hebdo since 2011. [3]
He is married to Catherine Gran, a painter. [1] They live in Paris. [1]
Iegor Gran | |
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Born | Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky December 23, 1964 |
Nationality | French |
Education | École Centrale Paris |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouse | Catherine Gran |
Parent(s) |
Andrei Sinyavsky Maria Rozanova |
Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist.
Iegor Gran was born on 23 December 1964 in Moscow, Russia. [1] His father, Andrei Sinyavsky, was a Russian writer and dissident who was jailed from 1964 to 1971. [1] His mother, Maria Rozanova, was a publisher and an editor. [1] His family moved to France in 1973, when he was nine years old. [1] He graduated from the École Centrale Paris. [1]
He published his first novel, Ipso facto, in 1998. He went on to write eleven more novels, some of which are critiques of political correctness. [1] His twelfth novel, La Revanche de Kevin, is about a novelist who feels bad about being named Kevin. [2]
He has written a bi-monthly column in Charlie Hebdo since 2011. [3]
He is married to Catherine Gran, a painter. [1] They live in Paris. [1]