J. M. G. Le Clézio
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ɡystav lə klezjo]; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French and Mauritian nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".[1]
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Born | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (1940-04-13) 13 April 1940 (age 84) Nice, France |
Occupation | Writer |
Period | 1963–present |
Genre | Novel, short story, essay, translation |
Subject | Exile, migration, childhood, ecology |
Notable works | Le Procès-Verbal, Désert |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 2008 |
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