Michel Houellebecq (French: [miʃɛl wɛlbɛk]; born Michel Thomas; 26 February 1956) is a French author, filmmaker, and poet.
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 poems, including The Art of Struggle (Le sens du combat) in 1996. After a publicity tour for Platform led to his being taken to court for inciting racial hatred, he moved to Ireland for several years. He currently resides in France, where he has been described as "France’s biggest literary export and, some say, greatest living writer." In 2010 he published La Carte et le Territoire (published the same year in English as The Map and the Territory) which won the prestigious Prix Goncourt; and, in 2015, Submission.
Michel Houellebecqs debutroman fra 1994. En kulsort og ætsende morsom hudfletning af det moderne samfund, hvor økonomien gennemsyrer alt - også de menneskelige relationer - belyst gennem forholdet mellem den ensomme Michel og den seksuelt udstødte Raphaël.
Michel er 40 år gammel. Han er ansat i Landbrugsdepartementet, lever alene og skriver filosofiske dyrefabler i sin fritid. Den sociale kontakt foregår omkring kaffeautomaten, hvor der udveksles sjofle vittigheder. Michel udstationeres tre uger i provinsen sammen med den grimme og seksuelt udstødte Raphaël Tisserand. Her bliver det klart, at to ligeværdige økonomier styrer vores verden: penge og sex. Nogle vinder på begge områder, andre taber. Og med Raphaël som aktør gør Michel klar til en udvidelse af kampzonen.
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