BiografÃa / Speaker Info
Patrick Modiano is one of the best contemporary novelists, he has received among other numerous awards the Nobel Prize in 2014.
Patrick Modiano is a writer and author of literary works, theater and cinema. He studied at the École du Montcel, the Collège Saint-Joseph de Thônes and the Lycée Henri IV in Paris. He is a world-renowned author.
He is the author of many novels and short stories, children's and young adult literature, plays, essays and speeches for mass publication. Among his most acclaimed works are "Los bulevares periféricos" and "La calle de las bodegas oscuras". In addition, several of his novels have been made into films and he has participated in the scriptwriting of some movies, among them "Lacombe Lucien" by Louis Malle.
Among his many accolades, he is the winner of the Grand Prix de Novel of the French Academy, the Goncourt Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature (2014).