Belgian author Patrick Modiano wins `` Un Pedigree for literature . He is honored `` for the art of memory , '' says Modiano . The Swedish committee has not yet been able to reach Modiano to tell him of his win , he added . Nobel committee is well known in France but has not enjoyed the same fame elsewhere . He has published three books , often on the themes of memory , loss and identity .
Belgian author Patrick Modiano wins `` Un Pedigree for literature . He is honored `` for the art of memory , '' says Modiano . Nobel committee is well known in France but has not enjoyed the same fame elsewhere . He has published three books , often on the themes of memory , loss and identity .