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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, 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.
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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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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Feb 18, 2008 · About Alain Robbe-Grillet: Screenplays and novels, such as The Erasers (1953), of French writer Alain Robbe-Grillet, affiliated with the New Wave movemen...
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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.
The French novelist and filmmaker discusses his autobiography, The Mirror That Returns, and his views on literature, memory, and imagination. He also reveals the origin of his fictional character Henri de Corinth and his relationship with Goethe's ballad.
