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| The Nobel Prize Award for Literature |
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/
The 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature has been awarded to French writer, Patrick Modiano.
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| Patrick Modriano |
"Modiano’s works
centre on topics such as memory, oblivion, identity and guilt. The city
of Paris is often present in the text and can almost be considered a
creative participant in the works. Rather often his tales are built on
an autobiographical foundation, or on events that took place during the
German occupation. He sometimes draws material for his works from
interviews, newspaper articles or his own notes accumulated over the
years. His novels show an affinity with one another, and it happens that
earlier episodes are extended or that persons recur in different tales.
The author’s hometown and its history often serve to link the tales
together. A work of documentary character, with World War II as
background, is Dora Bruder (1997; Dora Bruder, 1999)
which builds on the true tale of a fifteen-year old girl in Paris who
became one of the victims of the Holocaust. Among the works which most
clearly reveal an autobiographical character one notes Un pedigree from 2005" (Nobel Prize in Literature 2014).
Works translated into English include:
- Night Rounds (1971)
- Ring Roads (1974)
- Missing Person (1980)
- A Trace of Malice (1988)
- Honeymoon (1992)
- Dora Bruder (1999)
Citation:
"The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 - Bio-bibliography". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 10 Oct 2014. <http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2014/bio-bibl.html>
