La Place de l’étoile

Patrick Modiano is a French author and screenwriter, whose works were influenced by the early death of his brother and by the German occupation. Fascinated by the psychology that led to resistance in some and collaboration in others, Modiano has written more than twenty novels, many of which have been translated and adapted for film. He received the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie français, the Prix Goncourt, and, in 2014, the Nobel Prize in Literature.