2008

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German Biobibliographische Notiz Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio wurde am 13. April 1940 in Nizza geboren, aber seine beiden Eltern hatten starke familiäre Bande mit der einst französischen Kolonie Mauritius, 1810 von den Briten erobert. Im Alter von acht Jahren zog Le Clézio zusammen mit der übrigen Familie nach Nigeria, wo der Vater während des Zweiten…

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Press release

French Le secrétaire perpétuel Communiqué de presse Le 9 octobre 2008 Prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2008 Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio Le prix Nobel de littérature pour l’année 2008 est attribué à l’écrivain français Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio « l’écrivain de la rupture, de l’aventure poétique et de l’extase sensuelle, l’explorateur d’une humanité au-delà…

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Biographical

J. M. G. Le Clézio was born in 1940 in Nice, France. He is a descendent of a Breton family that emigrated in the 18th century to Mauritius. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Institut d’Études Littéraires in Nice and is a Doctor of Philosophy. Despite his extensive travels, since the age of seven…

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English Biobibliographical Notes Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio was born on April 13, 1940, in Nice, but both parents had strong family connections with the former French colony, Mauritius (conquered by the British in 1810). At the age of eight, Le Clézio and his family moved to Nigeria, where the father had been stationed as a…

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Award ceremony speech

English Presentation Speech by Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the , Member of its Nobel Committee, 10 December 2008. Professor Horace Engdahl delivering the Presentation Speech for the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall. Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Ladies and Gentlemen, Of what use are characters to a…

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Award ceremony speech

Swedish Presentationstal av Professor Horace Engdahl, ständige sekreterare, ledamot av Svenska Akademien, 10 december 2008. Professor Horace Engdahl presenterar Nobelpriset i litteratur 2008 i Stockholms Konserthus. Eders Majestäter, Eders Kungliga Högheter, mina damer och herrar! Vad skall man med personer till i ett litterärt verk? Roland Barthes hävdade att det mest föråldrade bland…

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Prizes related to the 2008 Physics Prize In 2008, Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa received the Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries concerning nature’s broken symmetry. Find out here about previous Nobel Prizes relevant to their work. Nobel Prize in Physics 1999 Gerardus ‘t Hooft and Martinus J. G. Veltman “for elucidating the…

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