Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio: Biography, Facts and Career
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ɡystav lə klezjo]; born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio is a writer and professor who holds both French and Mauritian nationality. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel The Interrogation 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".
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- Full name: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
- Born: 1940-04-13
- Nationality: France
- Known as: Author
- Wikidata ID: Q42037
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ɡystav lə klezjo]; born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is France.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was born on 1940-04-13.
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