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Modiano Wins 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature
France's Patrick Modiano wins the 2014 Nobel Prize in literature for crystal clear prose that probes memory and identity under the shadow of the Nazi occupation. The Swedish Academy notes his works reveal ungraspable human destinies and past traumas with a haunting, petite musique.
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