Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is 86 years old as of October 2026. He was born on 13 April 1940.
Nobel Prize-winning author of French and Mauritian heritage
Did you know?He has lived in several different countries and often writes about the experiences of indigenous cultures and travellers.
Quick facts
Date of birth13 April 1940
Age86
NationalityFrench-Mauritian
BirthplaceNice, France
Occupationwriter, translator, novelist
Editor's Take:
J. M. G. Le Clézio writes about journeys, exile and peoples pushed to the margins. He grew up between France and Mauritius. He spent years with indigenous communities in Central America. Those experiences turned his work from experimental novels to lyrical stories of deserts, islands and forests. Desert follows a young woman from North Africa to Marseille. The Nobel committee praised him as an explorer of a humanity beyond the ruling civilisation.
Key Milestones
1963: Wins the Prix Renaudot for The Interrogation
1970: Begins living among the Emberá people
1980: Publishes Desert
2008: Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (French:; born 13 April 1940), usually identified as J. M. G. Le Clézio, is a writer and professor who holds both French and Mauritian nationality.
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio's birthday is April 13. He was born on April 13, 1940 in Nice, France.
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is 86 years old, and turns 87 on his next birthday, April 13.
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