Patrick Modiano (Author of In the Caf茅 of Lost Youth)

more photos (5)

Patrick Modiano鈥檚 Followers (2,048)

Patrick Modiano

Born

in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France

July 30, 1945

Website

Genre

Fiction, Children's, Young Adult

Influences

Albert Camus, Georges Simenon, Raymond Queneau, Louis-Ferdinand C茅line ...more

edit data

Patrick Modiano is a French-language author and playwright and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Acad茅mie fran莽aise, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".

Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began a clandestine relationship. Modiano's childhood took place in a unique atmosphere: with an absent father -- of which he heard troubled stories of dealings with the Vichy regime -- and a Flemish-actress mother who frequently toured. His younger brother's sudden death also greatly influenced his writings.

While he was at Henri-IV lycee, he took geometry lessons from writer Raymond Queneau, who was a friend of Modiano's mother. He Patrick Modiano is a French-language author and playwright and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Acad茅mie fran莽aise, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".

Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began a clandestine relationship. Modiano's childhood took place in a unique atmosphere: with an absent father -- of which he heard troubled stories of dealings with the Vichy regime -- and a Flemish-actress mother who frequently toured. His younger brother's sudden death also greatly influenced his writings.

While he was at Henri-IV lycee, he took geometry lessons from writer Raymond Queneau, who was a friend of Modiano's mother. He entered the Sorbonne, but did not complete his studies.

Queneau, the author of "Zazie dans le m茅tro", introduced Modiano to the literary world via a cocktail party given by publishing house 脡ditions Gallimard. Modiano published his first novel, "La Place de l鈥櫭塼oile", with Gallimard in 1968, after having read the manuscript to Raymond Queneau. Starting that year, he did nothing but write.

On September 12, 1970, Modiano married Dominique Zerhfuss. "I have a catastrophic souvenir of the day of our marriage. It rained. A real nightmare. Our groomsmen were Queneau, who had mentored Patrick since his adolescence, and Malraux, a friend of my father. They started to argue about Dubuffet, and it was like we were watching a tennis match! That said, it would have been funny to have some photos, but the only person who had a camera forgot to bring a roll of film. There is only one photo remaining of us, from behind and under an umbrella!" (Interview with Elle, 6 October 2003). From their marriage came two girls, Zina (1974) and Marie (1978).

Modiano has mentioned on Oct 9, 2014, during an interview with La Grande Librairie, that one of the books which had a great impact on his writing life was 'Le c艙ur est un chasseur solitaire' (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), the first novel published by Carson McCullers in 1940.

(Arabic: 亘丕鬲乇賷賰賲賵丿賷丕賳賵) ...more

Combine Editions
Patrick Modiano鈥檚 books

Average rating: 3.52 · 86,329 ratings · 11,154 reviews · 125 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	In the Caf茅 of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano, Euan Cameron (Translator) 3.53 avg rating — 13,812 ratings — published 2007 — 9 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
	Rue des Boutiques Obscures 3.63 avg rating — 9,809 ratings — published 1978 — 138 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
	Dora Bruder 3.56 avg rating — 8,445 ratings — published 1997 — 11 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
	So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano, Euan Cameron (Translator) 3.25 avg rating — 6,511 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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
	La Petite Bijou 3.42 avg rating — 3,609 ratings — published 2001 — 67 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
	Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas by Patrick Modiano, Mark Polizzotti (Translator) 3.68 avg rating — 3,233 ratings — published 1988 — 41 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
	L'Herbe des nuits 3.42 avg rating — 3,106 ratings — published 2012 — 65 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
	Out of the Dark by Patrick Modiano, Jordan Stump (Translator) 3.61 avg rating — 2,563 ratings — published 1995 — 6 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
	Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano, Barbara Wright (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 2,103 ratings — published 1990 — 6 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
	Invisible Ink by Patrick Modiano, Patrick Modiano 3.57 avg rating — 2,084 ratings — published 2019 — 34 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

More books by Patrick Modiano…

Series by Patrick Modiano

Trilogie 芦 de l'Occupation 禄 (3 books)
by

Patrick Modiano

3.31 avg rating — 4,265 ratings

Quotes by Patrick Modiano (?)

“賱丕兀丨亘丕賱丨丿賷孬賰孬賷乇丕賸. 賮兀賳丕兀丿賴卮賲賳賴丐賱丕亍丕賱賳丕爻丕賱匕賷賳賷噩賷丿賵賳丕賱賰賱丕賲.”
― 亘丕鬲乇賷賰賲賵丿賷丕賳賵

37 likes

“兀丨爻爻鬲亘兀賳丕賱廿丨亘丕胤賷爻鬲賵賱賶毓賱賶賾貙亘賱兀賰孬乇賲賳丕賱廿丨亘丕胤貙丕賱賷兀爻丕賱匕賶賷鬲賲賱賰賰毓賳丿賲丕鬲購丿乇賰兀賳賰乇睾賲噩賴丿賰賵賲賷夭丕鬲賰賵賰賱廿乇丕丿鬲賰丕賱胤賷亘丞鬲乇鬲胤賲亘毓賯亘丞賲賳賷毓丞賱丕賯亘賱賱賰亘丕賱鬲睾賱亘毓賱賷賴丕.”
― 亘丕鬲乇賷賰賲賵丿賷丕賳賵, Rue des Boutiques Obscures

32 likes

“She had the right idea, old man, don't you think - to disappear before it gets too late?”
― Patrick Modiano, Rue des Boutiques Obscures

tags: disappearance, tackle

30 likes

See all Patrick Modiano's quotes »

Polls

亘賴鬲乇蹖賳丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й� 鬲乇噩賲賴卮丿賴

噩夭亍丕夭讴賱 -- Steve Toltz -- 倬蹖賲丕賳禺丕讴爻丕乇

5 votes 38.5%

賲丕賴賵丌鬲卮 -- Cesare Pavese -- 賲. 胤丕賴乇賳賵讴賳丿賴

3 votes 23.1%

賵丕鬲 -- Samuel Beckett -- 爻賴蹖賱爻賲蹖

2 votes 15.4%

爻賵讴賵乇賵鬲丕夭丕讴蹖亘蹖鈥屫辟嗂� 賵爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 夭蹖丕乇鬲卮 -- Haruki Murakami -- 丕賲蹖乇賲賴丿蹖丨賯蹖賯鬲

1 vote 7.7%

丿禺鬲乇蹖讴賴倬丕丿卮丕賴爻賵卅丿乇丕賳噩丕鬲丿丕丿 -- Jonas Jonasson -- 讴蹖賴丕賳亘賴賲賳蹖

1 vote 7.7%

丕鬲丨丕丿蹖賴鈥屰� 丕亘賱賴丕賳 -- John Kennedy Toole -- 倬蹖賲丕賳禺丕讴爻丕乇

1 vote 7.7%

鬲亘氐乇賴鄄鄄 -- Joseph Heller -- 丕丨爻丕賳賳賵乇賵夭蹖

0 votes 0.0%

丿乇乇丕賴 -- Jack Kerouac -- 丕丨爻丕賳賳賵乇賵夭蹖

0 votes 0.0%

丕賵賱毓丕卮賯蹖 -- Judith Hermann -- 3260419

0 votes 0.0%

丿蹖诏乇蹖 -- Arthur Schnitzler -- 毓賱蹖鈥屫ж地贺� 丨丿丕丿

0 votes 0.0%

丌賵丕夭賴丕蹖睾賲诏蹖賳丕乇丿賵诏丕賴 -- Sherman Alexie -- 7351974

0 votes 0.0%

賵蹖賱丕蹖丿賱诏蹖乇 -- Patrick Modiano -- 丨爻蹖賳爻賱蹖賲丕賳蹖鈥屬嗂権ж�

0 votes 0.0%

氐丿丕蹖丕賮鬲丕丿賳丕卮蹖丕 -- Juan Gabriel V谩squez -- 賵賳丿丕丿噩賱蹖賱蹖

0 votes 0.0%

丕賮爻丕賳賴鈥� 倬丿乇丕賳賲丕 -- Sorj Chalandon -- 賲乇鬲囟蹖讴賱丕賳鬲乇蹖丕賳

0 votes 0.0%

禺丕賳賴賲丕鬲乇蹖賵賳丕 -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn -- 毓亘丿丕賱乇囟丕賳丕胤賯蹖

0 votes 0.0%

爻乇賴蹖丿乇丕 -- Carlos Fuentes -- 讴丕賵賴賲蹖乇毓亘賾丕爻蹖

0 votes 0.0%

乇跇賴鈥屰� 倬蹖乇賵夭蹖丿乇亘賳丿乇丌乇鬲賵乇 -- 丕卮讴丕賳讴丕馗賲蹖丕賳鈥屬呝傐屬呟�

0 votes 0.0%

郾蚕鄹鄞 -- Haruki Murakami -- 賲毓氐賵賲賴毓亘丕爻蹖賳鬲丕噩鈥屫官呚必з嗃�

0 votes 0.0%

亘蹖鈥屫迟堌ж� 讴賴丨爻丕亘鈥屬堏┴ж� 爻乇卮賲蹖鈥屫簇� -- Jonas Jonasson -- 丨爻蹖賳鬲賴乇丕賳蹖

0 votes 0.0%

氐丿丕賴丕蹖蹖丕夭趩乇賳賵亘蹖賱 -- Svetlana Alexievich -- 丨丿蹖孬丨爻蹖賳蹖

0 votes 0.0%

丿禺鬲乇乇賴亘乇爻蹖乇讴 -- Jostein Gaarder -- 卮賯丕蹖賯賯賳丿賴丕乇蹖

0 votes 0.0%

賲賱鬲毓卮賯 -- Elif Shafak -- 丕乇爻賱丕賳賮氐蹖丨蹖

0 votes 0.0%

賲丕赖鈥屫з胜呚ж� -- Wilkie Collins -- 賲賳賵趩賴乇亘丿蹖毓蹖

0 votes 0.0%

鬲丕丿乇賲丨賱賴诏賲賳卮賵蹖 -- Patrick Modiano -- 丕賳賵卮賴亘乇夭賳賵賳蹖

0 votes 0.0%

賴蹖趩趩蹖夭丿賵亘丕乇丕鬲賮丕賯賳賲蹖丕賮鬲丿 -- Wis艂awa Szymborska -- 賲賱蹖丨賴亘賴丕乇賱賵

0 votes 0.0%

13 total votes

comments and details

More...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Knjigom u glavu: Nobel 2014.???	11	128	Oct 09, 2014 08:14AM
欧宝娱乐 Italia: En attendant le prix	81	209	Oct 10, 2014 07:11AM
Nobel Prize Winners: Laureate 2014	12	82	Oct 25, 2014 07:09PM
The Life of a Boo...: iselin's reading plans 2014	42	196	Oct 28, 2014 04:37PM
Lettori sui generis: Patrick Modiano (Nobel Prize in Literature 2014)	7	29	Nov 02, 2014 02:28AM
On the Southern L...: * Fay, by Larry Brown: Initial Impressions, November 2014	52	45	Nov 22, 2014 09:20AM
21st Century Lite...: 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature	17	90	Dec 15, 2014 12:33PM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Patrick to 欧宝娱乐.

欧宝娱乐

Patrick Modiano鈥檚 Followers (2,048)

Patrick Modiano

Combine EditionsPatrick Modiano鈥檚 books

Series by Patrick Modiano

Polls

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Patrick Modiano鈥檚 books