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Amélie Nothomb

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in Etterbeek, Belgium

July 09, 1966

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Amélie Nothomb, born Fabienne Claire Nothomb, was born in Etterbeek, Belgium on 9 July 1966, to Belgian diplomats. Although Nothomb claims to have been born in Japan, she actually began living in Japan at the age of two until she was five years old. Subsequently, she lived in China, New York, Bangladesh, Burma, the United Kingdom (Coventry) and Laos.
She is from a distinguished Belgian political family; she is notably the grand-niece of Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb, a Belgian foreign minister (1980-1981). Her first novel, Hygiène de l'assassin, was published in 1992. Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year with a.o. Les Catilinaires (1995), Stupeur Et Tremblements (1999) and Métaphysique des tubes (2000).

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	Stupeur et tremblements 3.74 avg rating — 43,685 ratings — published 1999 — 145 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Métaphysique des tubes 3.96 avg rating — 21,399 ratings — published 2000 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hygiène de l'assassin 3.77 avg rating — 18,549 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cosmétique de l'ennemi 3.93 avg rating — 17,578 ratings — published 2001 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam 3.74 avg rating — 12,067 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Acide sulfurique 3.58 avg rating — 12,459 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Biographie de la faim 3.84 avg rating — 9,111 ratings — published 2004 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antichrista by Amélie Nothomb, Shaun Whiteside (Translator) 3.43 avg rating — 10,172 ratings — published 2003 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frappe-toi le cœur 3.92 avg rating — 8,559 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sed by Amélie Nothomb, Sergi Pàmies (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 8,076 ratings — published 2019 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“God isn't chocolate, he's the encounter between chocolate and the palate capable of appreciating it.”
― Amelie Nothomb

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“Il n'y a rien de gentil à laisser de faux espoirs. L'ambiguïté est la source de la douleur.”
― Amélie Nothomb, Ni d'Ève ni d'Adam

tags: relationships

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“Il y a des beautés qui sautent aux yeux et d'autres qui sont écrites en hyéroglyphes: on met du temps à déchiffrer leur splendeur mais, quand elle est apparue, elle est plus belle que la beauté.”
― Amélie Nothomb

tags: amour, beauté

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July 2025 - Short Story/Novella Poll

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard

46 votes, 24.2%

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by James Thurber

44 votes, 23.2%

On Being Ill by Virginia Woolf

29 votes, 15.3%

The Pigeon by Patrick Süskind

19 votes, 10.0%

A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel García Márquez

15 votes, 7.9%

The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes

13 votes, 6.8%

The Death of Oliver Becaille by Émile Zola

12 votes, 6.3%

Human Rites by Amélie Nothomb

6 votes, 3.2%

Kneel to the Rising Sun and Other Stories Title Story by Erskine Caldwell

4 votes, 2.1%

For The Cold Equations by Tom Godwin

2 votes, 1.1%

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