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Roger Vailland

ロジェ・ヴァイヤン

Rōje Vaiyan

Pen Names: Georges OmerPen name, Robert FrançoisPen name, Etienne MerpinPen name, Frédéric RochePen name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-10-16 (Acy-en-Multien, Oise)
Died
1965-05-12 (Meillonnas, Ain) age 57
Nationality
France
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Essayist, Screenwriter
Active Years
1945-1965
Influenced By
André Breton

Awards

Prix Interallié
1945
Work: Drôle de jeu
Organization: Prix Interallié
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt
1957
Work: The Law
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Drôle de jeu

1945 Novel

Les mauvais coups

1948 Novel

Un jeune homme seul

1951 Novel

325 000 francs

1955 Novel

The Law

1957 Novel

Bibliography

  • Drôle de jeu (1945)
  • Les Mauvais coups (1948)
  • Bon pied, bon œil (1950)
  • Un Jeune homme seul (1951)
  • Beau masque (1954)
  • 325 000 francs (1955)
  • The Law (1957)
  • La Fête (1960)
  • La Truite (1964)

Adaptations

  • Les liaisons dangereuses (screenplay, 1959)
  • Le vice et la vertu (screenplay, 1962)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Surrealism

Legacy

Participant in the French Resistance and former Communist Party member who left in 1956. Known for novels on the Resistance.