Answer the following question: Facts: - language: french - caption: patrick press conference on 6 december 2014 . modiano in stockholm during the swedish academy 's - birth name: jean patrick modiano - influences: marcel proust - genre: novels - spouse: dominique zehrfuss - children: zina modiano marie modiano - birth date: 30 july 1945 - awards: grand -rrb- prix goncourt -lrb- 1978 -rrb- prix mondial cino del prix duca -lrb- 2010 -rrb- du roman de l'academie francaise -lrb- 1972 - name: patrick modiano - ethnicity: sephardic jewish and flemish - nationality: france - image: patrick modiano 6 dec 2014 - 22.jpg - birth place: boulogne-billancourt , france - occupation: novelist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of patrick modiano .
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jean patrick modiano -lrb- ; born 30 july 1945 -rrb- is a french novelist and recipient of the 2014 nobel prize in literature .he previously won the 2012 austrian state prize for european literature , the 2010 prix mondial cino del duca from the institut de france for lifetime achievement , the 1978 prix goncourt for '' rue des boutiques obscures '' , and the 1972 grand prix du roman de l'academie francaise for '' les boulevards de ceinture '' .his works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have been celebrated in and around france , but most of his novels had not been translated into english before he was awarded the nobel prize .