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J. M. G. Le Clézio

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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁi ɡystav lə klezjo]; 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, of French, Mauritian, and British nationality, is a writer and professor. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal 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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. M. G. Le Clézio is the 310th most popular writer (down from 246th in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from France (down from 295th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Writer.

J. M. G. Le Clézio is most famous for being the youngest person to ever win the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is also known for his novel "Le Procès-Verbal" which was translated into English as "The Interrogation".

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 310 out of 7,302. Before him are Czesław Miłosz, Alberto Moravia, Chrétien de Troyes, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, Robert Musil, and Claudius Aelianus. After him are J. M. Coetzee, Ismail Kadare, Herman Melville, Max Brod, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, and Ernst Jünger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 23. Before him are Qaboos bin Said al Said, Ringo Starr, Stuart Sutcliffe, Gao Xingjian, Raul Julia, and Michael Gambon. After him are J. M. Coetzee, Burhanuddin Rabbani, Joachim Gauck, Muhammad Yunus, Martin Sheen, and Frank Zappa.

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In France

Among people born in France, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 351 out of 6,770. Before him are Constantine II (316), Chrétien de Troyes (1135), Sophie Germain (1776), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Éliphas Lévi (1810), and Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1275). After him are William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825), Elisabeth of Valois (1545), Georges de La Tour (1593), Philip the Bold (1342), Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), and Anne of Brittany (1477).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, J. M. G. Le Clézio ranks 52. Before him are Pierre Corneille (1606), Patrick Modiano (1945), Alphonse Daudet (1840), François de La Rochefoucauld (1613), Guillaume de Machaut (1300), and Chrétien de Troyes (1135). After him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau (1749), Antonin Artaud (1896), Héloïse (1101), François Mauriac (1885), Henri Charrière (1906), and Marguerite de Navarre (1492).

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