Modiano loved literature since childhood and began to write poetry at the age of ten. At the age of 14 or 15, he began to show great interest in novel creation. 1965, graduated from Henry IV Middle School in Paris, and then went to Sorbonne University in Paris. A year later, he dropped out of school and specialized in literary creation. From 65438 to 0968, modiano published his first novel, Star Square, which won the Roger Namr Prize that year. 1969 The Night Patrol won the Diamond Tip Award, and The Ring Road 1972 won the French Academy Novel Award. 1974, he collaborated with the famous director Louis Marr to create the screenplay Lacome Lv Xian, which was put on the screen and won an Oscar. 1975' s bleak villa won the bookseller award, and 1978' s dark shop street won the gunger literature prize.
After 1980s, the theme of modiano's creation changed, from "seeking self" to revealing the smallness and absurdity of human beings. Youth Fantasy, Past Smoke and Sunday in August show the author's creative tendency at this stage. The works in the 1990s basically developed some meanings of their original works, such as wedding travel.
From the depths of oblivion. 1984 and 1996, modiano won the Pierre Monaco Foundation Award and the French National Literature Award for all his works, which is the recognition of his hard work in the French literary world. Modiano's novel The Stranger also won the "Best Foreign Novel of the 20th Century 265438+" jointly sponsored by People's Literature Publishing House and China Foreign Literature Society, which shows that its works have attracted the attention of Chinese and foreign literary circles. Besides, he also wrote many fairy tales, among which Crash at Midnight is the most interesting. He also co-edited The Little Girl with Glasses with the famous director louis malle, and the film of the same name based on the play won the Academy Award.
In 20 10, he was awarded the chino del duca world prize by French society in recognition of his lifelong achievements. 20 1419: 001October 9th, and the Nobel Prize in Literature of 2014 was obtained. Patrick modiano's works "awaken the most elusive memory of human destiny", and his works capture the lives of ordinary people during the French occupation in World War II. .