A Conversation with Andreï Makine

Andreï Makine is a Russian-born French author recently elected to the Académie Française. His notable works include Dreams of My Russian Summers, which won both the Prix Goncourt and Prix Médicis, and his most recent novel, Brief Loves That Live Forever.  In 2011, Makine confirmed suspicions that he had published four books over the course of a decade under the pseudonym “Gabriel Osmonde.”