Dmitri Bortnikov
From 13 March to 24 April 2019
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Origine
Russia
Biography
Born in Samara in USSR in 1968, Dmitri Bortnikov worked as a chef, a nurse in a maternity ward, a dance teacher and a legionnaire before turning to writing. Le syndrome de Fritz was awarded the Russian Booker Prize in 2002 and the national best-seller award. His second novel, Svinobourg (Le Seuil, 2005), was critically acclaimed. His latest work is Face au Styx (Rivages, 2017). Dmitri Bortnikov now lives in Paris.