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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.
Plaque commémorative de Romain Gary à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. modifier - modifier le code - modifier Wikidata. 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.
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.
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. He...
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 ...
Romain Gary has 143 books on Goodreads with 187854 ratings. Romain Gary’s most popular book is La vie devant soi.
May 13, 2018 · Born Roman Kacew in 1914 in Vilna, in the Russian Empire (now Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania), the precociously handsome boy who became Romain Gary was brought by his mother to Nice at the age of 14.
Romain Gary (1914–1980) was born Roman Kacew in Vilnius to a family of Lithuanian Jews. He changed his name when he fled Nazi-occupied France to fight for the British as an aviator. He wrote under several pen names and is the only writer to have received the Prix de Goncourt twice.
Dec 13, 2017 · 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.
