French author Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize for literature . He is honored `` for the art of memory , '' says Nobel committee . Modiano is well known in France but has not enjoyed the same fame elsewhere . Score: 6
French author Patrick Modiano wins the Nobel Prize for literature . He is honored `` for the art of memory , '' says Nobel committee . Modiano is well known in France but has not enjoyed the same fame elsewhere . He has published some 30 books , often on the themes of memory , loss and identity .