Andreï Makine
1957
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: France, Soviet Union
native language: Russian
educated at: Moscow State University, Novgorod State Pedagogical Institute
occupation: writer
award received: Prix Médicis, Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt des Lycéens, Grande médaille de la francophonie, Prince Pierre Award, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, Prix littéraire de l'armée de terre - Erwan Bergot
position held: seat 5 of the Académie française
Andreï Sergueïevitch Makine (Russian: Андрей Серге́евич Макин; born 10 September 1957) is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include Dreams of My Russian Summers (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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