Basile Panurgias
French writer
Basile Panurgias is a French writer. He was born in Paris in 1967. He studied art history before devoting himself to writing. He is the author of several novels, among them Soho, Perdre le nord (nominated for the 2016 European Book Prize) and Le Pinkie-Pinkie. He has authored other books like Le Doute (finalist for the Prix de Flore), L'inconnue de la Factory, Le rire de Pékin and many others.
Panurgias has lived in New York, London, and Copenhagen.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 9, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2886856. VIAF identifies the subject as 12436944. The Library of Congress control number is n96087822. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967 and 2016.
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