WRITER

Alain Robbe-Grillet

1922 - 2008

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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. Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on 25 March 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat No. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alain Robbe-Grillet has received more than 484,785 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Alain Robbe-Grillet is the 591st most popular writer (down from 562nd in 2019), the 689th most popular biography from France (down from 664th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular French Writer.

Alain Robbe-Grillet is most famous for his novel "La Jalousie" which is a story of a man who suspects his wife of having an affair.

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Notable Works

La Jalousie
1957
Les gommes. English
Fiction
Alain Robbe-Grillet is internationally hailed as the chief spokesman for the noveau roman and one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. The Erasers, his first novel, reads like a detective story but is primarily concerned with weaving and then probing a complete mixture of fact and fantasy. The narrative spans the twenty-four-hour period following a series of eight murders in eight days, presumably the work of a terrorist group. After the ninth murder, the investigation is turnedover to a police agent, who may in fact be the assassin. Both an engrossing mystery and a sinister deconstruction of reality, The Erasers intrigues and unnerves with equal force as it pull us along to its ominous conclusion.
19643 / 5
Pour un nouveau roman
1963
Le voyeur
1955
Dans le labyrinthe
1959
Les gommes
1953

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Alain Robbe-Grillet ranks 591 out of 7,302. Before him are Allen Ginsberg, Su Shi, Wang Wei, Vasubandhu, Bruno Schulz, and D. H. Lawrence. After him are Ellen G. White, Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Ismail Gaspirali, Theodore Dreiser, John Donne, and Madame de La Fayette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet ranks 32. Before him are Alain Resnais, Christiaan Barnard, Miguel Muñoz, Stanley Cohen, Renata Tebaldi, and Yang Chen-Ning. After him are Telly Savalas, Otto Carius, Hans Georg Dehmelt, Iannis Xenakis, Nándor Hidegkuti, and Ahmed Sékou Touré. Among people deceased in 2008, Alain Robbe-Grillet ranks 23. Before him are Richard Widmark, Richard Wright, Sydney Pollack, Harold Pinter, George Habash, and Jørn Utzon. After him are Yma Sumac, Michael Crichton, Jacques Piccard, Roy Scheider, Jules Dassin, and Heath Ledger.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alain Robbe-Grillet ranks 689 out of 6,770. Before him are Gabriel Tarde (1843), Alexandre Cabanel (1823), Richard II, Duke of Normandy (963), Nicole Oresme (1323), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), and Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805). After him are Anne of Foix-Candale (1484), Louise of Savoy (1476), Éliphas Lévi (1810), Darius Milhaud (1892), Maurice Allais (1911), and Jean-Henri Fabre (1823).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Alain Robbe-Grillet ranks 102. Before him are Gaston Leroux (1868), Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (1741), W. Somerset Maugham (1874), Georges Perec (1936), Ausonius (310), and Ninon de l'Enclos (1620). After him are Madame de La Fayette (1634), Pierre Loti (1850), Madame Roland (1754), Raymond Queneau (1903), Eugène Sue (1804), and Frontinus (30).

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