Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Belgian writer and filmmaker

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1957

Place of Birth: Brussels metropolitan area, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Profession: screenwriter, photographer, writer, film director, novelist, essayist, audio book narrator

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Jean-Philippe Toussaint (29 November 1957, Brussels) is a Belgian novelist, photographer and filmmaker.
His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and he has had his photographs displayed in Brussels and Japan.
Toussaint won the Prix Médicis in 2005 for his novel Fuir (Running Away), second volume of the « Cycle of Marie », a four-tome chronicle published over ten years and displaying the separation of Marie and her lover.
His 2009 novel La Vérité sur Marie (The Truth about Marie), third volume of the cycle, won the Prix Décembre.