FRENCH AUTHOR PATRICK MODIANO WINS NOBEL LITERATURE PRIZE 2014

Today 9th October, 2014, the Nobel Panel announced the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano won the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature for his works on Nazi occupation and its effects on his country. Patrick also received the prize of $1.1m.
Patrick Modiano is one of France's most celebrated writers but is not well known in the English-speaking world. He is a 69-year-old resident of Paris

According to Nytimes, in an announcement in Stockholm, the Swedish Academy cited Mr. Modiano’s ability to evoke “the most ungraspable human destinies” in his work.

Jewishness, the Nazi occupation and loss of identity are recurrent themes in his novels. Published when he was just 22, in 1967, his first novel "La place de l'etoile" (The Star's Place), was a direct reference to the mark of shame inflicted on the Jews.

In 1972, Modiano was awarded the French Academy's Grand Prize for his novel "Ring Roads", and the prestigious Goncourt Prize in 1978 for "Missing Person". In 1996, he won the National Literature Grand Prize for his entire work.

He has also written children's books and film scripts, including co-writing the 1974 movie "Lacombe, Lucien'' with director Louis Malle and the 2003 movie "Bon Voyage'' with director Jean-Paul Rappeneau. He was also a member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 and won the Austrian State Prize for European Literature in 2012.

Also, a trio has won the medicine Nobel Prize. An American-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian husband and wife, May-Britt Moser and Edvard Moser have been awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine.
The three were given the award on Monday for their work on discovering what has been described as the brain's inner "GPS system."

Medicine also comes with a cash award of $1.1m and is awarded each year.