#French author #Patrick Modiano wins 2014 #Nobel prize for #Literature pic.twitter.com/NMKfDmYqq0
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Patrick Modiano, 69, was born in a suburb of Paris, to a businessman father and an actress mother.His debut novel La Place de l'Etoile was published in 1968.His sixth novel, Missing Person (French title: Rue des boutiques obscures), won the French literary accolade the Prix Goncourt in 1978.