Disputatio:Ioannes Maria Gustavus Le Clézio

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio est un écrivain franco-mauricien (Mauritia) d'origine bretonne (Britannia Minor).

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio is French and Mauritian. The family had roots in both Brittany and the Indian Ocean island state of Mauritius. Profile: Nobel Prize winner Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio. -- G. Calabria 09:03, 10 Octobris 2008 (UTC)

There seems to be some confusion over this. The Daily Telegraph, which you cite, says that his family was partly from Brittany. The Times, cited by en:wiki [1], says that it was partly from Britain: his father was English (this, incidentally, would explain why his father was unable to join his mother in Nice, where Le Clezio was born, in 1940). Probably one of these papers mis-translated a French word. Can we check a little further? Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 12:10, 10 Octobris 2008 (UTC)

Yes, his father, Raoul Le Clézio, has British citizenship (but the family Le Clézio is French, of Brittany, not Britain), but Jean-Marie Le Clézio he's French and Mauritian. -- G. Calabria 01:39, 13 Octobris 2008 (UTC)

I get it. It's a very complicated story. Thanks for checking.

I think I have put it correctly in the text. It seems both his mother and his father were from the same Mauritian (originally Breton) family. I have not found out where his mother was born; perhaps in France, which would explain her (and his) French citizenship. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 09:00, 13 Octobris 2008 (UTC)

Yes, a very complicated story. Jean-Marie Le Clézio's parents were cousins, probably his mother, Simone Le Clézio, was born in Mauritius. -- G. Calabria 20:14, 14 Octobris 2008 (UTC)