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Is Le Clézio one of the youngest or oldest Nobel laureates in Literature?

  • One of the youngest

  • Mid-aged

  • One of the oldest

  • He didn't win a Nobel Prize

Answer

Indeed, J. M. G. Le Clézio is one of the oldest Nobel laureates in Literature. At the age of 74, he was awarded the prestigious prize in 2008, making him the oldest French Nobel laureate in Literature and the second-oldest overall, surpassed only by Doris Lessing, who was 88 when she received the honor in 2007.
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