Prix Renaudot (Prix Théophraste-Renaudot)
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Edition 15 (1940) Winner
Jules Roy
ジュール・ロイ
Jūru Roi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-10-22 （Rovigo (now Bougara), Algeria）
- Died
- 2000-06-15 （Vézelay, France） age 92
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Religion
- Roman Catholic
- Residence History
- Algeria (childhood) → United Kingdom (World War II) → France (later years, Vézelay)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, soldier, RAF squadron commander
- Active Years
- 1942-2000
- Influenced By
- Albert Camus
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roman Catholic seminary | — | — | — | — | Algeria |
Roman Catholic seminary
Country:
Algeria
Sent to a seminary in Algeria
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
La Vallée heureuse
1946 memoirDescribes missions bombing the Ruhr Basin during WWII in the RAF
warcolonialism
La Guerre d'Algérie
1960 non-fictionCritique of the Algerian War of Independence
colonialismwar of independence
La Bataille de Dien Bien Phu
1963 historyOn the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War
warcolonialism
Bibliography
- La Vallée heureuse
- Le Navigateur
- La Guerre d'Algérie
- La Bataille de Dien Bien Phu
- Le Voyage en Chine
- La Mort de Mao
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- prolific and polemicalreligious
- Recurring Motifs
- criticism of colonialismwar experiencesreligion
Legacy
Known as a critic of French colonialism and the Algerian War, strongly religious writer who spent his last years in Vézelay
Museums
- Maison de Jules Roy Vézelay, France
Trivia
- Born from an adulterous affair
- Pied-noir origin
- Resigned from army in protest against Indochina War