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J. M. G. Le Clézio Writer

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 French-Mauritian writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal, as well as 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".

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	J. M. G. Le Clézio
Birth date	April 13, 1940
Birth name	Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
Birth place	Nice , French Third Republic , France
Nationality	French people
Ethnicity	French people
Citizenship	Mauritius French people

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