Paul Micou
Paul Micou | |
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| Born | April 22, 1959 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Children | 2 |
Paul Micou (born April 22, 1959) is an American novelist. Born in San Francisco, part of his childhood was spent in Turkey and Iran, as well as Washington, D.C., and Connecticut. After graduating from Harvard in 1981[1] he lived in Paris,[citation needed] and then moved to London in 1988.[1] As of 2012, he was living in France with his wife and two sons.[1]
Paul Micou's first novel The Music Programme (1989) is a comic satire on the comfortable lifestyles of overpaid international development workers. Set in a fictional African country called Timbali, the novel was published to favourable reviews. The New York Times called it "an excellent, accomplished example" of satirical fiction and compared his comic talents to those of Evelyn Waugh and William Boyd.[2] This novel was composed as an opera by UK composer Roxanna Panufnik which premiered in 2000 at the Polish National Opera, Teatr Wielki, Warsaw.[3]
Novels[edit]
Source:[1]
- The Music Programme (1989)
- The Cover Artist (1990)
- The Death of David Debrizzi (1991)
- Rotten Times (1992)
- The Last Word (1993)
- Adam's Wish (1994)[4]
- The Leper's Bell (2000)
- Confessions of a Map Dealer (2008)
- How to Get into Harvard (2013)[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Barnes, David (2012). "Micou, Paul". ProQuest Biographies. ProQuest.
- ^ Anabel Donald (3 June 1990). "Something Is Off-Key in Timbali: The Music Programme By Paul Micou". New York Times. p. BR42.
- ^ Nick Kimberley (23 May 2000). "The Arts: `We were very close, almost telepathic' As her first opera opens in London, Roxanna Panufnik tells Nick Kimberley what it's like to take up her father's mantle". The Independent. p. 13.
- ^ Jason Cowley (18 June 1994). "Book Review: Adam and Natalie plastered in Paris: 'Adam's Wish' - Paul Micou". The Independent. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
External links[edit]
- Interview with Paul Micou at www.jour.city.ac.uk
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