About
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, born on April 13, 1940, in Nice, is a French-Mauritian writer. He spent part of his childhood in Nigeria, where his father was a doctor. His first novel, Le Procès-verbal (1963), won the Prix Renaudot. He lived among indigenous peoples in Panama in the 1970s, an experience that marked his work. He has taught at universities around the world. In 2008, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for an oeuvre exploring poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy beyond the reigning civilization.
* 1940-04-13
Major works
- Le Procès-verbal (1963)novel
- Désert (1980)novel
- Poisson d'or (1997)novel
Key milestones
- 1963Publication of his first novel, Le Procès-verbal, which received the Prix Renaudot.
- 2008Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Themes
Exile and identityNature and indigenous culturesChildhood and memoryTravel and discoveryMarginality and resistance
Sources: beta.nobelprize.org · nobelprize.org