Talk:Jonathan Littell

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Contents 1 Notability 2 Jewish? 3 Web site ??? 4 Consistency in how we ascribe nationality and religion to writers

[edit] Notability

• What is the issue with the notability of this guy ? Hektor 16:10, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

The guy's novel was just spotlighted in the NY Times. I think he's notable.

He was also on TV5 today. His latest book won the Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française and Jorge Semprun has called that book, "l'évènement du siècle".

• According to a review (http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=E1_RTDPVRJ paid subscription required) appearing in the 4 November 2005 issue of The Economist, in addition to winning the aforementioned French literary prize, Johanthan Littell is "on the shortlist for two others including the Prix Goncourt." It seems to me that receiving prestigious literary awards; having your work reviewed in The Times, Le Monde, The Economist, The New York Times and others; and being a major European bestseller (accoring to the Economist review "200,000 copies sold by the end of September") qualifies as notable. Further, it seems that verifiable citations have been added to the article such that it more than meets Wikipedia biographical guidelines. To whom it may concern, please remove the "editor concern" disclaimer.

• As per additional contributions and citations, I removed the notability flag on this article.

[edit] Jewish?

Is he Jewish? Kowalmistrz 13:22, 11 November 2006 (UTC) OK, sorry, I see. :) Kowalmistrz 13:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Web site ???

• Could someone explain to me what is the added value of the so-called Jonathan Littell Website ? First the name is misleading, you could believe that it is indeed Jonathan Littell's Website. Second the contents are very shallow, the bio is just a cut-and-paste of the French wikipedia article ! Hektor 14:29, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Consistency in how we ascribe nationality and religion to writers

The Sunday Herald article confirms via an interview that Jonathan Littell is Jewish [1] but it seems awkward to identify him in the very first sentence as a Jewish American writer, as is done in today's version of the article. Even the Wikipedia article on Graham Greene doesn't describe him as a 'British Catholic writer'. I am planning to simplify 'Jewish American' to 'American' unless someone can explain why the present version is better.

Also, someone has added him to the category of Polish Jews. This lacks logic, since the article states he is American, and he was not born in Poland. EdJohnston 17:02, 11 November 2006 (UTC)