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Nationality
Languages
French
Education
Lycée Lakanal, École Normale Supérieure
Zodiac Sign
♊ Gemini
Chinese Zodiac
鸡 Rooster
Name Origin
English < Proto-Indo-European (*móri)
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Muriel Barbery: French writer.
Born in Casablanca (age 56).
3 awards including Georges Brassens Prize.
Studied at Lycée Lakanal.
AWARDS (3)
B
Georges Brassens Prize
WON
B
Q136479570
WON
B
prix des Libraires
WON
Biography
Muriel Barbery is a French novelist and philosophy teacher. Her 2006 novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog quickly sold more than a million copies in several countries.
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Muriel Barbery is 56 years old, born on .
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Muriel Barbery was born in Casablanca.
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