Please answer the following question: Facts: - period: 1963 -- present - notableworks: '' le proces-verbal '' , '' desert '' - birth name: jean-marie gustave le clezio - citizenship: french and mauritian - subject: exile , migration , childhood , ecology - genre: novel , short story , essay , translation - influences: euclides da cunha , robert louis stevenson - awards: nobel prize in literature 2008 - birth date: 13 april 1940 - name: j. m. g. le clezio - ethnicity: breton/french - nationality: french - image: jean-marie . jpg gustave le clezio-press conference dec 06th , 2008-2 - birth place: nice , france - occupation: writer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of j. m. g. le clezio .
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jean-marie gustave le clezio -lrb- ; born 13 april 1940 -rrb- , usually identified as j. m. g. le clezio , is a french-mauritian writer and professor .the author of over forty works , he was awarded the 1963 prix renaudot for his novel '' le proces-verbal '' , as well as the 2008 nobel prize in literature for his life 's work , as an '' author of new departures , poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy , explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization '' .