Trivia

He was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Son of the Flemish actress Louisa Colpeyn.

Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival in 2000.

Parents with Dominique Zehrfuss, daughter of famous french architect Bernard Zehrfuss, of Zina Modiano and Marie Modiano. At the wedding the witnesses were André Malraux for her and Raymond Queneau for him.