Foreign thinker

Michel Houellebecq

Literature and PhilosophyFrenchb. 1956

In their times

Open in the Timeline of Thought

Influenced by8

David Hume1711–1776

Arthur Schopenhauer1788–1860

Karl Marx1818–1883

Friedrich Nietzsche1844–1900

Martin Heidegger1889–1976

Jean-Paul Sartre1905–1980

Emil Cioran1911–1995

Albert Camus1913–1960

Life and Thought

Michel Houellebecq, French novelist and poet, is one of the most controversial figures in contemporary literature, known for works such as The Elementary Particles and The Map and the Territory. He is a recipient of the Prix Goncourt and the Legion of Honour, and holds a sharp gaze on modernity and human relationships.

Michel Houellebecq

In their times

Influenced by8

Life and Thought

Michel Houellebecq

In their times

Influenced by8

Life and Thought

Bibliography

Writings and transcribed lectures19 titles

Map and Territory

H. P. Lovecraft: Against the World, Against Life

Survival

Extension du domaine de la lutte

Elementary Particles

Lanzarote

Sokou

The Possibility of an Island

Public Enemies

Submission

Serotonin

Annihilation

Interventions

In the Presence of Schopenhauer

The Configuration of the Last Shore

The Meaning of Struggle

The Pursuit of Happiness

Renaissance

Irreconcilable

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