Almost a year since winning the Nobel Prize, French
writer Patrick Modiano is finding a wider readership
Since the Nobel prize, Patrick Modiano’s sales have risen in France and
more of his books have been translated. Photo: Lea Crespi /LUZ/Redux
Thomas Varela
Sept. 15, 2015 - Wall Street Journal
French writer Patrick Modiano’s work had already been translated into 36
languages before he won the Nobel Prize last
year. But only a few of his books were available in the U.S. Mr.
Modiano’s French publisher, Gallimard, said the Nobel spurred sales in
France, where about 5 million copies of his novels have been sold since he was
first published in 1968 at age 23.
In August, Yale University Press issued an English translation of Mr.
Modiano’s memoir “Pedigree.” On Sept. 15, Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt HMHC -0.59 % will publish a translation
of his latest novel “So You Don’t Get Lost In The Neighborhood.” All told, 10
of his books have been published in the U.S. since
the Nobel announcement last October. English translations of six more novels
are due later this year and in 2016. Mr. Modiano, now 70 years old, spoke with
The Wall Street Journal at his home in Paris’s 6th arrondissement. Below, an
edited interview.
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