Andreï Makine

| birth_place = Krasnoyarsk, Russian SFSR | nationality = Soviet
French | occupation = Novelist | education = Moscow State University | known for = Member of the Académie Française }}

Andreï Sergueïevitch Makine (; born 10 September 1957) is a French novelist. He also publishes under the pseudonym Gabriel Osmonde. Makine's novels include ''Dreams of My Russian Summers'' (1995) which won two top French awards, the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Médicis. He was elected to seat 5 of the Académie Française on 3 March 2016, succeeding Assia Djebar. Provided by Wikipedia