Patrick Modiano was born on 30 July 1945 in Boulogne-Billancourt. A French novelist, Modiano writes short, atmospheric books about memory, identity and loss, many of them set in Paris during the German Occupation, a period he knew only through the memories of others. His works include Missing Person, which won the Prix Goncourt, Dora Bruder, Honeymoon and The Night Watch. He also wrote screenplays, including for the film Lacombe, Lucien, directed by Louis Malle. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014 for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies.
Before and after
- from 17 July 1945 to 2 August 1945Potsdam Conference
- from 20 July 1945 to 1 January 1959Operation Paperclip
- 26 July 1945Potsdam Declaration
- 26 July 1945Birth of Helen Mirren
- 30 July 1945Birth of Patrick Modiano
- 2 August 1945Potsdam Agreement
- 6 August 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 6 August 1945Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
- from 9 August 1945 to 2 September 1945Soviet–Japanese War
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The era
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