Jonathan Littell

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jonathan Littell
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Oct 10, 1967(1967-10-10)
Age	57
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Libra

Jonathan Littell Biography

Jonathan Littell is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 10, 1967 in New York, United States.

Born in New York City, Littell arrived in France at age three, then completed part of his education in his native country from age 13 to 16, before returning to France to achieve his baccalauréat. He returned again to the United States where he attended Yale University and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in 1989. During his years in Yale, he finished his first book, Bad Voltage, and later on met William S. Burroughs, who left a lasting impression on him. Due to his influence, he started to read Burroughs, as well as Sade, Blanchot, Genet, Céline, Bataille and Beckett. Afterwards, he worked as a translator, rendering French works by Sade, Blanchot, Genet and Quignard into English. At the same time, he started to write a ten-volume book, but gave up the project after the third volume.

From 1994 to 2001, he worked for the international humanitarian organization Action Against Hunger, working mainly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but also in Chechnya, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Caucasus, Afghanistan and Moscow. In January 2001 he was victim of an ambush in Chechnya, during which he was slightly wounded. In the same year he decided to quit his job in order to concentrate on the research of his second book, The Kindly Ones. During that time, he also worked as a consultant for humanitarian organizations.

Jonathan Littell Net Worth

Jonathan Littell is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jonathan Littell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Jonathan Littell (born 10 October 1967) is a writer living in Barcelona. He grew up in France and the United States and is a citizen of both countries. After acquiring his bachelor’s degree he worked for a humanitarian organisation for nine years, leaving his job in 2001 in order to concentrate on writing. His first novel written in French, The Kindly Ones (2006; Les Bienveillantes), won two major French awards, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix de l’Académie française.

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Littell was recognised for his contributions in the area of overwrought erotica when the English translation of The Kindly Ones won the 2009 Bad Sex in Fiction Award from The Literary Review, a British literary journal. Littell reportedly beat tough competition for that year’s honours, with Philip Roth and Nick Cave among the writers filling out the short list.

Facts & Trivia

Christian Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jonathan Littell celebrates birthday on October 10 of every year.

In October 2019, Littell commented on the decision of Swedish Academy to give Nobel Prize for literature to Peter Handke, saying that “he might be a fantastic artist, but as a human being he is my enemy – he’s an asshole.”