J. M. G. Le Clézio

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, who was born in Nice, France on April 13, 1940, is usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio. After studying at the University of Bristol in England from 1958 to 1959, he finished his undergraduate degree at Institut d'etudes Litteraires in Nice. In 1964, he received a master's degree from the University of Aix-en-Provence with a thesis on Henri Michaux and wrote a doctoral thesis in 1983 on Mexico's early history for the University of Perpignan. He has taught at numerous universities throughout the world and has written around 30 books including novels, essays, and short stories. He received the Prix Renaudot Prize for his novel Le Procès-Verbal in 1963 and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Autiomaa… (lisätietoja)