Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Nobel Prize in Literature 2008

“author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization”

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is a French writer. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature as author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization. His work includes novels and essays.