Iegor Gran

Iegor Gran
Born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky
(1964-12-23) December 23, 1964
Moscow, Russia
Nationality French
Education École Centrale Paris
Occupation Businessman
Spouse(s) Catherine Gran
Parent(s) Andrei Sinyavsky
Maria Rozanova

Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist.

Early life

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, is 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]

Career

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]

Personal life

He is married to Catherine Gran, a painter.[1] They live in Paris.[1]

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Murielle Lucie Clément, Écrivains franco-russes, Rodopi, 2008, pp. 207-211
  2. Charles Gautier, VIDÉO. "ONPC" : Iegor Gran déchaîne les "Kevin" sur Twitter, un écrivain qui fait du bien, Le Nouvel Observateur, 19 April 2015
  3. Natalie Levisalles, Iegor Gran: «"Charlie Hebdo", c'est un monument», Libération, 7 January 2015


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