And finally the winner of the most coveted literary award, the Nobel Prize for Literature, has been announced. The French writer, Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio has won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008. He is the first French writer to have accomplished this deed, ever since the Chinese-born French writer, Gao Xingjian won it in 2000.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was born on April 13, 1940. His father was a Mauritian doctor with a British citizenship and his mother was a French lady. He wrote his first novel at the age of 23, the book was entitled ‘The Interrogation’. Till date he has written more than 40 books, out of which 12 have been translated into English.
So what are you waiting for? Pick up a book by Le Clézio and bask in the glory of having read this Nobel Laureate, if you haven’t already.