J.M.G. Le Clezio
Posted by Brody on May 26, 2009For their amazing record of providing luxury, Mauritius hotels are regarded the world over. There is no comfort quite like it in the world, being in the world’s most relaxing hotels in the world’s most laid-back surroundings. Beach, restaurant, or dance club, the choices are plentiful and easy.
The island attracts a wide variety of travelers, among them some of the world’s most glamorous celebrities. The island has its fair share of famous citizens, too. J.M.G. Le Clezio is one of these. Having won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008 Le Clezio is one of the most important authors writing in French, and his work has been translated into many languages. Born in Nice, his father is from Mauritius, and his paternal ancestry here dates back to the late 18th century. He has dual citizenship in France and Mauritius, and considers Mauritius his “little fatherland.” He traveled extensively when he was younger, living in Nigeria for a time, and continues to travel to this day. He spends his time between Nice, Mauritius, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the U.S.
The works of J.M.G. Le Clezio are very dense, high in word-play, and explore very intense themes such as insanity and globalization. It is described by the Swedish Academy as characterized by “poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy.” His writing integrates the many cultures in which he has lived, and many seemingly-contradictory ideas and practices, to give a view of the contemporary human being that is at once very fraught and very compassionate. Le Clezio has also lived in parts of Latin America, writing on indigenous cultures, and also is an expert on Michoacan. He has likewise written a biography on Frida Kahlo. His writing in the last two decades has been dominated by a leaner prose style, and the same concern for cultural survival, and is extremely critical of colonization, both in the historical legacies from France as well as the interior effects of colonization on the minds of the colonized. He has three daughters, one from his first marriage.
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