JEAN-MARIE GUSTAVE LE CLÉZIO

2008 Nobel Laureate in Literature
    author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization

Background

  • Born: April 13, 1940
  • Place of birth: Nice, France
  • Nationality: France
  • Residence: France
  • Biographical highlights:
    • 1948 - Moves to Nigeria
    • 1950 - Returns to Nice
    • 1958-9 - Studies at Bristol University
    • 1960 - Marries Rosalie Piquemal
    • 1963 - Completes undergraduate degree at Institut d'Etudes Literaires
    • 1964 - Completes masters degree at University of Aix-en-Provence
    • 1963 - Publishes Le procès-verbal
    • 1963 - Wins Prix Théophraste Renaudot
    • 1972 - Wins Prix Larbaud
    • 1975 - Marries his wife Jemia
    • 1980 - Publishes breakthrough novel, Désert
    • 1980 - Wins Grand Prix Paul Morand de l'Académie fran¸aise
    • 1983 - Writes doctoral thesis on Mexico's early history at the University of Perpignan
    • 1997 - Wins Grand Prix Jean Giono
    • 1998 - Wins Prix Prince de Monaco
    • 2003 - Publishes Révolutions
    • 2008 - Wins Stig Dagermanpriset
    • 2008 - Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
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