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Ο Πατρίκ Μοντιανό γεννήθηκε το 1945 στο Boulogne-Billancourt. Από το 1967 ασχολείται επαγγελματικά με το γράψιμο. Θεωρείται ένας από τους σημαντικότερους Γάλλους συγγραφείς. Έχει τιμηθεί με το μεγάλο βραβείο μυθιστορήματος της Γαλλικής Ακαδημίας το 1972, με το βραβείο Goncourt το 1976, με το βραβείο του Ιδρύματος Pierre de Monaco το 1984 και με το μεγάλο βραβείο λογοτεχνίας Paul Morand, για το σύνολο του έργου του, το 2000.
Στα ελληνικά κυκλοφορούν τα βιβλία του: "Οδός σκοτεινών μαγαζιών" (Κέδρος), "Κυριακές του Αυγούστου" (Καστανιώτης), "Ντόρα Μπρούντερ" (Πατάκης), "Η χαμένη γειτονιά" (Χατζηνικολή), "Άνθη ερειπίων" (Οδυσσέας) και "Το άρωμα της Υβόννης" (Λιβάνης). Έχει γράψει το σενάριο για την ταινία του Λουί Μαλ "Lacombe Lucien". Άλλα έργα του: "La place de l' etoile", "Livret de famille", "Une jeunesse", "De si braves garcons", "Vestiaire de l' enfance", "Voyage de noces", "Un cirque passe", "Du plus loin de l' oubli", "Des inconnues", "Paris tendresse".
Patrick Modiano was born on July 30, 1945, in Boulogne-Billancourt, a suburb of Paris. His father was a businessman and his mother an actress. Having left school, he studied at Lycée Henri-IV in Paris, where his teacher in geometry was Raymond Queneau, a writer who was to play a decisive role for his development. Already in 1968, Modiano made his debut as a writer with La place de l’étoile, a novel that attracted much attention.
Modiano’s works centre on topics such as memory, oblivion, identity and guilt. The city of Paris is often present in the text and can almost be considered a creative participant in the works. Rather often his tales are built on an autobiographical foundation, or on events that took place during the German occupation. He sometimes draws material for his works from interviews, newspaper articles or own notes which he has accumulated over the years. His novels show an affinity with one another, and it happens that earlier episodes are extended or that persons recur in different tales. The author’s home town and its history often serve to link the tales together. A work of documentary character, with World War II as background, is Dora Bruder (1997; Dora Bruder, 1999) which builds on the true tale of a fifteen-year old girl in Paris who becomes one of the victims of the Holocaust. Among the works which most clearly reveal an autobiographical character one notes Un pedigree from 2005.
Some of Modiano’s works have been translated into English, among them Les boulevards de ceinture (1972; Ring Roads : A Novel, 1974), Villa Triste (1975; Villa Triste, 1977), Quartier perdu (1984; A Trace of Malice, 1988) and Voyage de noces (1990; Honeymoon, 1992). His latest work is the novel Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier (2014). Modiano has also written children’s books and film scripts. Together with the film director Louis Malle he made the feature movie Lacombe Lucien (1974), enacted during the German occupation of France.
Στα ελληνικά κυκλοφορούν τα βιβλία του: "Οδός σκοτεινών μαγαζιών" (Κέδρος), "Κυριακές του Αυγούστου" (Καστανιώτης), "Ντόρα Μπρούντερ" (Πατάκης), "Η χαμένη γειτονιά" (Χατζηνικολή), "Άνθη ερειπίων" (Οδυσσέας) και "Το άρωμα της Υβόννης" (Λιβάνης). Έχει γράψει το σενάριο για την ταινία του Λουί Μαλ "Lacombe Lucien". Άλλα έργα του: "La place de l' etoile", "Livret de famille", "Une jeunesse", "De si braves garcons", "Vestiaire de l' enfance", "Voyage de noces", "Un cirque passe", "Du plus loin de l' oubli", "Des inconnues", "Paris tendresse".
Modiano’s works centre on topics such as memory, oblivion, identity and guilt. The city of Paris is often present in the text and can almost be considered a creative participant in the works. Rather often his tales are built on an autobiographical foundation, or on events that took place during the German occupation. He sometimes draws material for his works from interviews, newspaper articles or own notes which he has accumulated over the years. His novels show an affinity with one another, and it happens that earlier episodes are extended or that persons recur in different tales. The author’s home town and its history often serve to link the tales together. A work of documentary character, with World War II as background, is Dora Bruder (1997; Dora Bruder, 1999) which builds on the true tale of a fifteen-year old girl in Paris who becomes one of the victims of the Holocaust. Among the works which most clearly reveal an autobiographical character one notes Un pedigree from 2005.
Some of Modiano’s works have been translated into English, among them Les boulevards de ceinture (1972; Ring Roads : A Novel, 1974), Villa Triste (1975; Villa Triste, 1977), Quartier perdu (1984; A Trace of Malice, 1988) and Voyage de noces (1990; Honeymoon, 1992). His latest work is the novel Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier (2014). Modiano has also written children’s books and film scripts. Together with the film director Louis Malle he made the feature movie Lacombe Lucien (1974), enacted during the German occupation of France.
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