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Jean Patrick Modiano (French: [ʒɑ̃ patʁik mɔdjano]; born 30 July 1945), generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction.
May 8, 2024 · Patrick Modiano (born July 30, 1945, Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French writer who in more than 40 books used his fascination with the human experience of World War II to examine individual and collective identities, responsibilities, loyalties, memory, and loss.
Oct 9, 2014 · Patrick Modiano, the French writer whose moody, terse and occasionally dreamlike novels are often set during the Nazi occupation of France, won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature on Thursday.
Patrick Modiano. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014. Born: 30 July 1945, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation” Language: French. Prize share: 1/1. Life.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 was awarded to Patrick Modiano "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation"
Patrick Modiano is a French-language author and playwright and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".
Patrick Modiano held his Nobel Lecture on 7 December 2014, at the Swedish Academy, Stockholm. He was introduced by Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy. The lecture was delivered in French.
