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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. 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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- Brest, Finistère, France
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- Caen, Calvados, France
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. Robbe-Grillet was trained as a statistician and agronomist.
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Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon one of the figures most associated with the trend of the Nouveau Roman. Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat #32. He was married to .
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Feb 24, 2008 · An originator of the Nouveau Roman, or New Novel, and the screenwriter for Alain Resnais’s 1961 cult film “Last Year at Marienbad,” Mr. Robbe-Grillet was the very model of a postwar avant ...
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.
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Oct 6, 2014 · A 1986 conversation with the French writer and filmmaker, who discusses his novels, his relationship with phenomenology and his influence on contemporary literature. The interview covers topics such as the Balzacian conscience, the fragmented consciousness, the voyeuristic gaze and the role of the eye in his work.
