★ HOW OLD IS OSCAR COOP-PHANE?
Oscar Coop-Phane is 37 years old, born December 15, 1988 in FR · Sagittarius.
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About
Oscar Coop-Phane is a French writer who won the Prix de Flore in 2012 for his debut novel Zenith Hotel. Born in 1988, he adopted a bohemian lifestyle from his teens, splitting time between Berlin and Paris. His second novel Tomorrow Berlin was also translated into English. As a Sagittarius, he channels the sign's wanderlust into a restless literary practice rooted in 20th-century French literary tradition.
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Biography
Oscar Coop-Phane is a French writer born in 1988 who earned critical recognition with his debut novel Zenith Hotel, which won the Prix de Flore in 2012. The novel was translated into English by Ros Schwartz, bringing his work to an international audience. His second novel Tomorrow Berlin followed, also available in English translation by George Miller.
Coop-Phane has maintained a bohemian lifestyle since his teens, living in both Berlin and Paris. In interviews, he has acknowledged deep influences from overlooked French writers of the 20th century—Emmanuel Bove, Eugène Dabit, Louis Calaferte, Raymond Guérin, Georges Hyvernaud, Henri Calet, and Charles-Louis Philippe—positioning himself within a lineage of stylistically precise, socially conscious fiction.
Born under Sagittarius, Coop-Phane embodies the sign's restlessness and philosophical range, both geographically (Berlin to Paris) and literarily (mining neglected modernist traditions). His life-path number 8 suggests an affinity for material and cultural legacy—fitting for a writer devoted to rescuing forgotten literary voices from obscurity. As a writer, he works within narrative and linguistic precision, genres that demand sustained attention to sentence-level craft.
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Trivia
- Zenith Hotel, his debut novel, won the Prix de Flore in 2012.
- He has lived a nomadic lifestyle between Berlin and Paris since his teens.
- His literary influences include a roster of marginal French 20th-century writers—Emmanuel Bove, Eugène Dabit, Louis Calaferte, Raymond Guérin, Georges Hyvernaud, Henri Calet, and Charles-Louis Philippe—whom he credits as formative to his aesthetic.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Powerhouse
Driven and business-minded. Oscar Coop-Phane extend their craft into ownership: labels, production companies, brand lines.
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Birthday compatibility
By Chinese zodiac — san-he trine for best matches, opposing pair for the most friction-prone.
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CHALLENGING
- Alexander GouldDog · 1994
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Frequently asked
- How old is Oscar Coop-Phane?
- Oscar Coop-Phane is 37 years old (born December 15, 1988).
- When is Oscar Coop-Phane's birthday?
- Oscar Coop-Phane was born on December 15, 1988.
- What is Oscar Coop-Phane's zodiac sign?
- Oscar Coop-Phane is a Sagittarius, born December 15, 1988.
- What is Oscar Coop-Phane's Chinese zodiac sign?
- Oscar Coop-Phane was born in 1988, the year of the Earth Dragon.
- Where is Oscar Coop-Phane from?
- Oscar Coop-Phane is from FR.
- What does Oscar Coop-Phane do?
- Oscar Coop-Phane is a writer.
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