Iegor Gran
| Iegor Gran | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky December 23, 1964 Moscow, Russia |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École Centrale Paris |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse(s) | Catherine Gran |
| Parent(s) |
Andrei Sinyavsky Maria Rozanova |
Iegor Gran (born Iegor Andreyevich Siniavsky, 23 December 1964, Moscow) is a Russian-born French novelist.
Iegor Gran was born on 23 December 1964 in Moscow, Russia. His father, Andrei Sinyavsky, was a Russian writer and dissident who was jailed from 1964 to 1971. His mother, Maria Rozanova, is a publisher and an editor. His family moved to France in 1973, when he was nine years old. He graduated from the École Centrale Paris.
He published his first novel, Ipso facto, in 1998. He went on to write eleven more novels, some of which are critiques of political correctness. His twelfth novel, La Revanche de Kevin, is about a novelist who feels bad about being named Kevin.
He has written a bi-monthly column in Charlie Hebdo since 2011.
He is married to Catherine Gran, a painter. They live in Paris.
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