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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio
Birth at
1 January 1940
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A classic of modern French literature - already at the age of twenty-three was awarded the Renodo Prize (1964), the most authoritative after Goncourt, for his first novel "Protocol". A brilliant stylist, he published more than 30 books - novels, collections of short stories, translations of Mexican myths. The story of the life and love of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera was written by Leclesio in 1993, and a new rise in the popularity of his book occurred after the successful rolling fate of Frida.