Jean Back (born 1953) is a

Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ...

writer, photographer and civil servant. He was born in

Dudelange Dudelange (; lb, Diddeleng , german: Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg. It is the fourth-most populous commune, with 19,734 inhabitants. Dudelange is situated close to the border with France. , the town of Dudela ...

and studied in

Esch-Alzette Esch-sur-Alzette (; lb, Esch-Uelzecht ; german: Esch an der Alzette or ''Esch an der Alzig'') is the second city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the country's second-most populous commune, with a population of 35,040 inhabitants, . It lies ...

. A career civil servant, Back has met with success in creative pursuits such as photography and creative writing. His novel ''Amateur'' won the

EU Prize for Literature The European Union Prize for Literature (EUPL), established in 2009, is a European Union literary award. Its aim is to recognise outstanding new literary talents from all over Europe, to promote the circulation and translation of literature among ...

Works

* ''Wollekestol'' (2003) * ''Mon amour schwein'' (2007) * ''Amateur'' (2009) * ''Wéi Dag an Nuecht'' (2012) * ''Karamell'' (2014)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Back, Jean 1953 births Luxembourgian writers Living people People from Dudelange