J.M.G. Le Clézio

Born

in Nice, France

April 13, 1940

Genre

Influences

Stevenson, Joseph Conrad, Henri Michaux, Lautréamont, Georges Perec, ...more

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, better known as J.M.G. Le Clézio (born 13 April 1940) is a Franco-Mauritian novelist. The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal (The Interrogation) and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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	Desert by J.M.G. Le Clézio, C. Dickson (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 1,532 ratings — published 1980 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prospector 3.78 avg rating — 882 ratings — published 1985 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Star by J.M.G. Le Clézio, C. Dickson (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 695 ratings — published 1992 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Interrogation by J.M.G. Le Clézio, Daphne Woodward (Translator) 3.28 avg rating — 766 ratings — published 1963 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El africano 3.66 avg rating — 1,072 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mondo et autres histoires 3.53 avg rating — 593 ratings — published 1978 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Onitsha by J.M.G. Le Clézio, Alison Anderson (Goodreads Author) (Translation) 3.66 avg rating — 481 ratings — published 1991 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poisson d'or 3.43 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ritournelle de la faim 3.41 avg rating — 703 ratings — published 2008 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diego et Frida 3.65 avg rating — 475 ratings — published 1993 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If you really want to know, I’d rather not have been born at all. I find life very tiring. The thing’s done now, of course, and I can’t alter it. But there will always be this regret at the back of my mind, I shall never quite be able to get rid of it, and it will spoil everything. The thing to do now is to grow old quickly, to eat up the years as fast as possible, looking neither right nor left.”
― Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Fever

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“Nights are long when it's cold and you're waiting for a train.”
― Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, Wandering Star

tags: travel

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“Real lives have no end. Real books have no end.”
― J.M.G. Le Clézio, The Book of Flights

tags: books, lives

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