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Alain Robbe-Grillet

French author and film director (1922-2008) · France · On the map · Writers · Died at 85

Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon.

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2008Died18 February 20082003Annual award ACFKAward2002Sade PrizeAward1982Mondello PrizeAward1962Louis Delluc PrizeAward1954Fénéon Prize for literatureAward1922Born18 August 1922

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Awards

Annual award ACFK2003
Sade Prize2002
Mondello Prize1982
Louis Delluc Prize1962
Fénéon Prize for literature1954
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Officer of the National Order of Merit
Officer of Arts and Letters

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Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on 25 March 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat No. 32. He married Catherine Robbe-Grillet.

Country
France
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1922 to 2008 · aged 85

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