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Patrick Modiano, a Modern ‘Proust,’ Is Awarded Nobel in Literature

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Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014. His work is on the search for identity, and is based mostly on France during the Occupation and after World War II. Le Clezio is the other recent Nobel Prize Winner for Literature in France. Clezio travelled widely and one of his novels Onitsha is based in Nigeria. By contrast Modiano is less well known outside France and writes for a smaller audience. Modiano expressed surprise on hearing the news. A German with a similiar post World War II theme covering a similiar period is Heinrich Boll, who won the Nobel Prize for literature. The focus in Boll is the hardships in Germany following the war. The war raised many questions inside France and Germany in the postwar years.

Patrick Modiano of France, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014

10/09/2014

Modiano writes about a search for identity, and his writings are based frequently on France during Occupation and after World War II.

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Patrick Modiano, a Modern ‘Proust,’ Is Awarded Nobel in Literature

New York Times 10/09/2014


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