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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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Aug 15, 2018 · In 1980, sensational headlines announced the suicide of Romain Gary, the best-selling and critically acclaimed French novelist, diplomat, war hero, literary prankster, and jet-set adventurer. In the decades that followed, his worldwide reputation dwindled to a bare flicker of recognition, and his books fell out of print.
Nov 7, 2023 · Perhaps the most famous story regarding the Prix Goncourt relates to author Romain Gary. Mr Gary won the prize in 1956 for his novel Les racines du ciel, however the rules of the prize state that an author can only win it once (partly because it is intended to shine a spotlight on less-established authors and not on already-recognised ones like ...
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.
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Jun 3, 2018 · I t seems extraordinary that Romain Gary, the Frenchman and only novelist (not to mention aviator, film director and diplomat) to have won the Prix Goncourt twice, should be strolling into English ...
Dec 3, 1980 · December 2, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. EST. Romain Gary, 66, a romantic and tragic figure who overcame the obscure origins of his birth in Eastern Europe and an impoverished boyhood in France to become a ...
He is the only person to win the Prix Goncourt twice. This prize for French language literature is awarded only once to an author. Gary, who had already received the prize in 1956 for Les racines du ciel, published La vie devant soi under the pseudonym of Émile Ajar in 1975. The Académie Goncourt awarded the prize to the author of this book ...
