Black notebook for Amélie Nothomb. His father, Patrick Notomb, died Tuesday March 17, 2020, when he was 83. It was the Belgian Embassy in Thailand which relayed this very news in the afternoon of Wednesday March 18, 2020, specifying that 'he died of coronavirus. It was in this same embassy that Patrick Nothomb had been in post from 1985 to 1988. She also expressed her "deep sadness", and offered her condolences to "his wife, his children André, Juliette and Amélie, and her grandchildren. " For now, the famous novelist has not yet communicated on this subject. On the other hand, she can count on the support of her loved ones to help her overcome this great loss. In 1960, after a doctorate in law at the Catholic University of Louvain, Patrick Nothomb had become a Belgian diplomat in the 1960s. Position which he continued to hold until 2001.
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Consul and ambassador, Patrick Nothomb had the chance to travel a lot: Bangladesh, Burma, Laos, Thailand, China, or even Japan. All these destinations have greatly inspired Amélie Nothomb for her work, probably one of her most famous, Stupor and Tremor. Since the announcement of the death of Patrick Notomb, tributes have followed one another. "What a sadness! Condolences to the wife and family of Ambassador Patrick Nothomb, a key figure in Belgian diplomacy. @BelgiumMFA (the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) loses a brilliant, warm, passionate colleague, tirelessly committed to service Belgians and the general interest, "commented on Twitter the Belgian ambassador to Ireland, Pierre-Emmanuel De Bauw.
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