Encomium
French novelist, Patrick Modiano, has today (October 9) emerged the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature, becoming the 11th French writer to win the medal.
The 69-year-old author beat 209 other nominees to the prestigious award. He becomes the 107th winner of the prize.
Modiano is a French author who was born in France 1945, he has written some 30 different books, mainly novels, but also a number of children’s’ books, movie scripts, but is mainly known for his novels, which are very very specific.
