While the author of “Serotonin” was announced dead yesterday, Monday August 23, his publishing house denied this information to AFP.
At the origin of this rumor, a fake account stamped Flammarion and deleted since. The latter announced in a tweet the disappearance of Michel Houellebecq. Except that contrary to what this fraudulent publication suggested, the author of “Elementary Particles” and “Submission”, aged 65, is doing well.
Flammarion editions @Ed_Flammarion confirm to AFP that the tweet below comes from a fake account with which they have nothing to do. In addition, the next novel by Michel Houellebecq should not be long. pic.twitter.com/mOPfZwU6r9
– Hugues Honoré (@hhonore) August 23, 2021
A truth that his publishing house obviously wanted to restore, and that it brought to the attention of AFP. An update quickly relayed by the media.
Flammarion editions @Ed_Flammarion confirmed to the#AFP that the tweet below is from a fake account they have nothing to do with https://t.co/GteTKUkDf7
– AFP Factual (@AfpFactuel) August 23, 2021
The rumor now extinguished, it remains only to wait for his next and eighth novel, expected in January 2022, a few months before the presidential elections.