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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, né Roman Kacew le 21 mai 1914 à Vilna (Empire russe) et mort le 2 décembre 1980 à Paris, est un écrivain français d'origine russe et de confession juive, de langues française et anglaise.
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.
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.
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 141 books on Goodreads with 182835 ratings. Romain Gary’s most popular book is La vie devant soi.
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 was one of France’s most original writers, known for authoring novels under various nom de plumes. After training as an aviator, he served in the French Air Force, but fled to England during World War II.
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...
May 13, 2018 · Gary was awarded the Légion d’Honneur and the Military Cross, and was made a Compagnon de la Libération, a member of the small elite designated by de Gaulle as the real heroes of France’s war. By then Gary was a celebrated novelist too.
