Statement: Patrick Modiano, Nobel Prize for Literature: Statement by European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou

The French author Patrick Modiano was the 2014 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy announced in Stockholm on the 9 October 2014.

Androulla Vassiliou, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, made a statement opf congratulation.

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