Michel Houellebecq is a French author, known for his novels, poems and essays, as well as an occasional actor, filmmaker and singer.

His first book was a biographical essay on the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Houellebecq published his first novel, "Whatever", in 1994. His next novel, "Atomised", published in 1998, brought him international fame as well as controversy. "Platform" followed in 2001. He published several books of poetry, including "The Art of Struggle" in 1996.

In 2010, he published "The Map and the Territory", which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt. In 2015, his next novel, "Submission", sparked another controversy for its depiction of Islam. His latest novel, "Serotonin", was published in 2019.

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