Hervé Le Tellier

1957–

Hervé Le Tellier is a French writer, born in Paris in 1957. Trained in mathematics, he graduated from the Centre de formation des journalistes in Paris in 1983 and later took a doctorate in linguistics with a thesis on the Oulipo, the experimental writing group he joined in 1992 and has led as president since 2019. He began as a science journalist, wrote the daily satirical column Papier de verre for Le Monde's website and took part in France Culture's literary quiz Les Papous dans la tête. His novel L'Anomalie won the 2020 Prix Goncourt and was translated into English as The Anomaly.

Timeline of Hervé Le Tellier’s life

Works

• The Anomaly (2020)

Prizes

• The Anomaly — Arthur C. Clarke Award 2023: Shortlist