Patrick Modiano, Premio Nobel de Literatura 2014.
The final copy of French writer Patrick Modiano's book "L'herbe des nuits" is snatched from a table at a bookstore, minutes after Modiano was declared the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature, in Stockholm October 9, 2014. Modiano has won the prize as "a Marcel Proust of our time," the Swedish Academy said on Thursday. The academy said the award of 8 million Swedish crowns ($1.1 million) was "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation". REUTERS/Henrik Montgomery/TT News Agency (SWEDEN - Tags: SOCIETY) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. SWEDEN OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SWEDEN. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
The book "Pour que tu ne te perdes pas dans le quartier" by French author Patrick Modiano is pictured at the booth of his publisher Gallimard at the book-fair in Frankfurt, central Germany, after he was announced as the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 9, 2014. The prize was awarded for "The Art of Memory" with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation," the Swedish Academy said. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL ROLAND
Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy announces Patrick Modiano of France as the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 9, 2014 at the Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. The prize was awarded "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation," the Swedish Academy said. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRAND