Jean Echenoz

Jean Echenoz is a French writer.
Son of a psychiatrist, Echenoz studied in Rodez, Digne-les-Bains, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Marseille and Paris, where he has lived since 1970. He published his first book, Le méridien de Greenwich in 1979. He has published twelve novels to date and received about ten literary prizes, including the prix Médicis 1983 for Cherokee, the prix Goncourt 1999 for I'm Off, and the prix Aristeion for Lac.