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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio

Bio

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, born in Nice, France, is a Nobel Prize-winning French author celebrated for his lyrical, exploratory fiction and essays that bridge modernity with ancient cultures and landscapes. Of French and Mauritian heritage, Le Clézio has written over forty works that delve into themes of exile, migration, childhood, and ecological consciousness. He gained early acclaim with his debut novel Le Procès-verbal (The Interrogation), which won the Prix Renaudot in 1963, and was later awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature as an “author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.” Deeply influenced by his global experiences—including time spent with indigenous communities in Mexico and Panama—Le Clézio’s work reflects a profound humanism and a critique of Western materialism.

Nobel Prize Writer Lecture
Title: “Logos and Phonos”