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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.
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.
Learn about the life and works of Patrick Modiano, the French writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014. Read his biography, from his childhood in Flemish and Basque families to his literary achievements and collaborations.
Patrick Modiano is a French writer who won the Nobel Prize for his art of memory and his exploration of human destinies under the German occupation. Learn more about his life, work, and prize motivation on NobelPrize.org.
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" Skip to content
Oct 21, 2014 · The winner of this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature may be little known outside France; but in his home country Patrick Modiano is celebrated as a “celebrity philosophe“, a “fixture in the...
