
Frankie FouganthinCC BY-SA 4.0File pagePatrick Modiano
- screenwriter
- writer
- playwright
- lyricist
- essayist
- Born 1945-07-30 (age 81)
- Nationality France
- Years active 1968–present
Known for
- 2003
| Role | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Genealogies of a Crime | Movie | 52 |
Career timeline
Award won Role or nomination
age 0
- Born
age 29
- Lacombe, Lucienscreenwriter
age 49
- The Scent of Yvonnescreenwriter
age 52
age 58
- Bon Voyagescreenwriter
Career in numbers
Scores by year
- 1974Lacombe, Lucien94.5
- 1997Genealogies of a Crime64.5
- 2003Bon Voyage70.3
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I AM NOTHING.Nothing but a pale shape.
Read the full quoteAnd that these directories and yearbooks constituted the most valuable and moving library you could imagine, as their pages listed people, things, vanished worlds , to which they alone bore witness.
Read the full quoteShe committed suicide...<br>"Why?"<br>"She often told me, she was frightened of getting old."
Read the full quoteWe passed the Gardens and turned down Avenue de New York. There, under the embankment trees,I had the unpleasant sensation that I was dreaming.I had already lived my life and was just a ghost hovering in the tepid air of…
Read the full quoteYou should never marry a lot younger than you...never....it never works ...there is not a single case of its working..
Read the full quoteHutte, for instance , used to quote the case of a fellow he called "the beach man ". This man had spent forty years of his life on beaches or by the sides of swimming pools, chatting pleasantly with summer visitors and…
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Facts
Personal details
- Nationalities
- France
- Languages
- French
- Years active
- 1968–
- Genres
- biography, children's literature
- Notable works
- La Place de l'Étoile, Les Boulevards de ceinture, Missing Person, Dora Bruder, Un pedigree, Villa Triste
- Education
- Lycée Henri-IV, Lycée Michel-Montaigne



