Laurent Quintreau
French writer
Laurent Quintreau is a French writer. He was one of the founders of the now-defunct magazine Revue Perpendiculaire, along with Nicolas Bourriaud, Christophe Duchatelet, Jean-Yves Jouannais, Jacques-François Marchandise, Christophe Kihm and Michel Houellebecq.
His 2008 novel Marge Brute was translated into English as Gross Margin by Polly McLean. He has also written another novel called Mandalas.
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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 Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q15845127. VIAF identifies the subject as 34694598. The Library of Congress control number is nr2007013723. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2008.
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