Laurent Binet
French writer and recipient of the Prix Goncourt
Not only do I think novelists should never have to apologize for offending people — I think certain offenses are necessary”.
Laurent Binet’s first novel, HHhH (Picador, 2013), which told the story of the operation to kill Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich, was a critical success, earning various honors and awards, among them the Prix Goncourt for first novels. Translated into thirty-four languages, it was also made into the feature film The Man with the Iron Heart.
His second novel, The Seventh Function of Language (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2017), about the fictitious homicide of Roland Barthes, also earned accolades and awards, including the FNAC and Interallié awards. His most recent novel, Civilizations, which envisions a Spain conquered by the Inca Atahualpa, was awarded the Gran Prix du Roman from the Académie Française.
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Reimagined civilizations
¿Cómo habría sido la historia si los incas hubieran conquistado Europa? ¿Si Pizarro hubiera fracasado y Atahualpa vencido? La literatura tiene ese inmenso poder de hacernos viajar por latitudes apenas conocidas de nuestra imaginación, incluso...
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Laurent Binet: “Con los incas, tendríamos seguridad social desde hace siglos”
Interview with Laurent Binet at El País, about his book Civilizaciones.
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Interview with Laurent Binet at The Objective, about his latest book Civilizations.
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