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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.
Utilisant désormais son prénom francisé (Romain), son fils se distingue au lycée en classe de français, obtenant en 1929 le premier prix de récitation et en 1931 et 1932 celui de composition française. Mais « dans les autres matières, excepté l'allemand qu'il parle et écrit très correctement, il est médiocre 32 ».
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.
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.
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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 has 142 books on Goodreads with 185865 ratings. Romain Gary’s most popular book is La vie devant soi.
