Herta Who?
by Dedi Felman Monday, October 12, 2009 05:49 pm
Herta who? The Nobel news from Stockholm left, as usual, a lot of people scratching their heads. Who is Herta Muller and why haven’t we heard more about her? As someone who has spent almost a decade working to bring the best new international literary work to America, I felt a particular frustration at those first reports: once again, Nobel coverage seemed to be descending into churlishness rather than an eagerness to share important international voices.
Le Clézio has been writing since age seven or eight. After majoring in French literature, he became famous at 23 with his first novel, Le Procès-Verbal (The Interrogation), which was shortlisted for the prix Goncourt and for which he was awarded the prix Renaudot in 1963.
Since then he has published about thirty books, including short stories, novels, essays, two translations on the subject of Indian mythology, countless prefaces and reviews as well as a few contributions to collective publications.
The Swedish Academy, in announcing the award, called Le Clezio an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization
In 1994 a survey conducted by the French literary magazine Lire showed that 13% of the readers considered him to be the greatest living French language writer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Gustave_Le_Clezio
Le Clézio's novel The Prospector was published in 1993 by David R. Godine, Publisher, and is still available. Many of his titles were published in the 1960s by the Athanaeum in New York, but are out of print now.
J.M.G. Le Clézio has published a lot of books, and won several literary awards, but I have to confess that I am unfamiliar with his work. Another author to read!
Interestingly, his father was British and his mother French. Le Clézio studied at Bristol University in the UK and has worked as a teacher in the United States. On MySpace he lists Albequerque, New Mexico as his home. So he has a definite connection with the anglophone world, although his writing is in French.
Ladies and gentlemen
I am preparing now a research on the novels of LeClezio
Please write to me his e-mail so that I may ask him some questions
Thank you in advance
Sincerely
Dr. Magda Ibrahim
I have some questions for JMG le Clezio. Can I have his email address please.
Wish we could help, but the best way to contact the author is through his publisher or agent.
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