Patrick Modiano

Patrick ModianoPatrick Modiano is a French-language literary fiction author and playwright. Modiano is also the 2014 Literature Nobel Prize winner. Thanks to his writing, this author has many other big awards to his name. Modiano’s parents met in Paris in the second world war and began a secret relationship. Just like the circumstances surrounding his birth, Modiano’s early life was unique. The author grew up with an absent father and a Flemish-actress mother who often traveled for work. His younger brother died when still young, and this troubled Modiano for many years. Fortunately, the author overcame all his troubles and has managed to write some of the most thought-provoking and raw historical fiction pieces.