A prolific author, since the publication of her first novel Hygiene and the Assassin in 1992, at the age of twenty-six, she has published a book a year.

Her satirical novel about corporate life in Japan Fear and Trembling won the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française in 1999, and in 2015 she was elected to the Royal Academy of French Language and Literature in Belgium.

Research shows Amélie Nothomb was born in Etterbeek, Brussels-Capital Region on 9 July 1966.

[3] As an artist, she has consistently claimed metaphorically to have been born in Kobe, Japan in 1967 while records show her living there only from ages two to five.

[3] Subsequently, she lived in China, New York City, Bangladesh, Burma, the United Kingdom (Coventry) and Laos.

Having finished her studies, Nothomb returned to Japan to work in a Japanese company in Tokyo.

[6] Since then, she has published approximately one novel per year, including Les Catilinaires (1995), Fear and Trembling (1999) and Métaphysique des tubes (2000).

A documentary — Amélie Nothomb: une vie entre deux eaux (a life between two waters) — co-written and directed by Laurelinne Amanieux and Luca Chiari, about Amélie's return to Japan and rediscovery of the beauty of the landscapes, the peaceful rites, the sadness of Fukushima, but especially, the meeting with her Japanese nursemaid, Nishio San was made in 2012.

[9][10] Her novel Premier sang depicts the fictional memoirs of her father who had died in 2020 and written in the first person won the Prix Renaudot 2021.

Adaptation and direction: Christine Delmotte With Philippe Doré, Freddy Zimmer, Florine Moreau Direction: Hubert Vinzani With Layla Metssitane Adaptation and direction: Layla Metssitane Eight of Amélie Nothomb's novels were adapted in the form of audio books, the first four were published by the editions "VDB", the others by "Audiolib" : Support: 3 audio CD (lasted: 3:15 am min, complete text), ref.