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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 [kat͡sɛf], and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar ), was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt under two names.
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Jun 19, 2018 · Romain Gary, pictured with Sophia Loren and Peter Ustinov, was a decorated war pilot, diplomat, Hollywood director – and award-winning novelist (Credit: Alamy) Of all the 20th Century’s...
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.
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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. He...
May 13, 2018 · War hero, novelist, moralist and liar: the many lives and disguises of Romain Gary. For 15 years he was a French diplomat, for ten a jet-setting celebrity spouse – writing a significant French oeuvre along the way. By David Bellos.
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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 has 141 books on Goodreads with 182017 ratings. Romain Gary’s most popular book is La vie devant soi.
