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Alain Robbe-Grillet ( French: [alɛ̃ ʁɔb ɡʁijɛ]; 18 August 1922 – 18 February 2008) was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman ( lit. 'new novel') trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon.
Alain Robbe-Grillet (born Aug. 18, 1922, Brest, France—died Feb. 18, 2008, Caen) was a representative writer and leading theoretician of the nouveau roman (“new novel”), the French “anti-novel” that emerged in the 1950s. He was also a screenwriter and film director.
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Feb 24, 2008 · Starting in the 1950s, the novelist, filmmaker and literary theorist Alain Robbe-Grillet, who died last week at 85, had a profound impact on international taste.
Alain Robbe-Grillet. Writer: Un bruit qui rend fou. Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France.
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Alain Robbe-Grillet, né le 18 août 1922 à Saint-Pierre-Quilbignon [1] et mort le 18 février 2008 à Caen , est un romancier et cinéaste français. Considéré, avec Nathalie Sarraute , comme le chef de file du nouveau roman , il a été élu à l' Académie française le 25 mars 2004 , sans y être reçu.
Feb 18, 2008 · Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon one of the figures most associated with the trend of the Nouveau Roman. Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding. ...more. Combine Editions. Alain Robbe-Grillet’s books.
Feb 18, 2008 · PARIS — Alain Robbe-Grillet, a "new novelist" and filmmaker who rejected conventional storytelling and was one of France's most important avant-garde writers, died Monday, hospital officials...
