Patrick modiano: books in english
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Modiano Jean Patrick
Jean Patrick Modiano (born 30 July 1945) is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He previously won the 2012 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the 2010 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France for lifetime achievement, the 1978 Prix Goncourt for Rue des boutiques obscures, and the 1972 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for Les Boulevards de ceinture. His works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have been celebrated in and around France, though only a few were in circulation in English when he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
Patrick Modiano was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, on July 30, 1945. His father, Albert Modiano (1912–77, born in Paris), was of Jewish origin, on his father's side descended from a Sephardic family of Salonica. His mother, Louisa Colpijn, was a Belgian (Flemish) actress also known as Louisa Colpeyn. Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began their relations
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Modiano, Patrick (Jean)
Nationality: French. Born: Boulogne-Billancourt, 30 July 1945. Family: Married Dominique Zehrfuss in 1970; two daughters. Career: Since 1968 novelist. Awards: Prix Roger Nimier, 1968, and Prix Felix Feneon, 1969, both for La Place de l'étoile; Grand Prix Roman, L'Academie Francaise, 1972, for Les Boulevards de ceinture; Prix Goncourt, 1978, for Rue des boutiques obscures; Prix de Monaco, 1984. Agent: Beaume, 3 quai Malaquias, 75006 Paris, France.
Publication
Novels
Occupation Trilogy:
La Place de l'étoile. 1968.
La Ronde de nuit. 1969; as Night Rounds, 1971.
Les Boulevards de ceinture. 1972; as Ring Roads, 1974.
Villa Triste. 1975; as Villa Triste, 1977.
Livret de famille [Family Book]. 1977.
Rue des boutiques obscures. 1978; as Missing Person, 1980.
Une Jeunesse [A Youth]. 1981.
Memory Lane. 1981.
De si braves garçons [Such Good Boys]. 1982.
Poupée blonde [Blonde Doll]. 1983.
Quartier perdu. 1985.
Dimanches d'août. 1986.
Une Aventure de Choura, illustrated by Dominique Zehrfuss (for ch
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Patrick Modiano
WRITER
1945 - Today
Patrick Modiano
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. In more than 40 books, Modiano has used his fascination with the human experience of World War II in France to examine individual and collective identities, responsibilities, loyalties, memory, and loss. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Modiano has received more than 778,404 page views. His biography is available in 92 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Patrick Modiano is the 415th most popular writer (up from 435th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from France (up from 509th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular French Writer.
Patrick Modiano is a French novelist and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is best known for his novels, which often explore the themes of memory
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