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Romain Gary (pronounced [ʁɔ.mɛ̃ ga.ʁi]; 21 May [O.S. 8 May] 1914 – 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew (pronounced, and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar), was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator.
Romain Gary (born May 8, 1914, Vilnius, Lith., Russian Empire—died Dec. 2, 1980, Paris, France) was a Lithuanian-born French novelist whose first work, L’Éducation européenne (1945; Forest of Anger), won him immediate acclaim.
Romain Gary, né Roman Kacew le 21 mai 1914 à Vilnius et mort le 2 décembre 1980 à Paris, est un écrivain français d'origine russe et de confession juive, de langues française et anglaise. Homme aux multiples activités, il a été successivement aviateur et résistant (fait compagnon de la Libération ), romancier , diplomate ...
Jun 19, 2018 · Romain Gary was a decorated war hero – and hoaxer, inventing a writer who penned the bestselling French novel of the 20th Century. Why isn’t he better known, asks Hephzibah Anderson.
Dec 25, 2017 · Romain Gary was a great big liar. The French novelist, war hero, and diplomat made up stories the way other people make up beds: daily and conscientiously and without much premeditation.
Romain Gary has 142 books on Goodreads with 185148 ratings. Romain Gary’s most popular book is La vie devant soi.
Dec 13, 2017 · He was responsible, he wanted the world to know, for one of the most elaborate literary deceptions of all time. The tangled web turned knotty mess began when Gary, a celebrated French author two...
Romain Gary was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, World War II aviator and diplomat. He also wrote under the pen name Émile Ajar . Born Roman Kacew (Yiddish: קצב, Russian: Кацев), Romain Gary grew up in Vilnius to a family of Lithuanian Jews.
“Romain Gary: The Chameleon,” “Romain Gary: The Man who Sold his Shadow.” Gary was one of France’s most successful writers, but he lived the life of a spy. Roman Kacew was born in 1914, perhaps in Moscow but just as likely in Kursk, a small city near modern-day Turkey.
Romain Gary was born on May 8, 1914 in Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Longest Day (1962), Kill! Kill! Kill! Kill! (1971) and Birds in Peru (1968). He was married to Jean Seberg and Lesley Blanch. He died on December 2, 1980 in Paris, France.
