 Milan Kundera was seduced and wrote a friendly article which concurs with another fan of Duteurtre, Philippe Muray, on important ideas about the role of a writer in the modern world.In 1999 was published the novel "Les malentendus", which details a series of crossed courses involving a young Arab immigrant in France, a company head woman, a young man who had graduated from Science-po, and a disabled gay middle-aged man.In 2001 the novel "Le Voyage en France" was awarded the Prix Médicis (Medicis award).