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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 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.
Mar 5, 2024 · 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 lied...
Dec 13, 2017 · New Directions. $27.95. In one of Romain Gary’s last acts, before placing a Smith & Wesson revolver in his mouth and pulling the trigger, he authorized the posthumous publication of a confession...
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Jun 3, 2018 · The Kites by Romain Gary review – when resistance began in the kitchen | Fiction | The Guardian. ‘He keeps ideas lightly aloft’: Romain Gary with his wife, Jean Seberg. Photograph: Bettmann ...
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. He changed his name to Romain Gary when he escaped occupied France to fight with Great ...