Language French Education Lycee Louis-le-Grand Role Novelist | Name Roger Vailland Literary movement Surrealism Awards Prix Goncourt | |
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Born October 16, 1907
Acy-en-Multien, Oise ( 1907-10-16 ) Pen name Georges Omer, Robert Francois, Etienne Merpin, Frederic Roche Occupation novelist, essayist, screenwriter Died May 12, 1965, Meillonnas, France Books Drole de jeu, The Law, La truite, Les mauvais coups Movies The Law, Les Liaisons dangereuses, The Trout, Vice and Virtue, Blood and Roses Similar People Roger Vadim, Serge Marquand, Francois Leterrier, Jules Dassin, Pierre Choderlos de Laclos | ||
Roger Vailland - Christian Éboulé
Roger Vailland (16 October 1907 - 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
Vailland was born in Acy-en-Multien, Oise. His novels include the prize winning Drôle de jeu (1945), Les mauvais coups (1948), Un jeune homme seul (1951), 325 000 francs (1955), and La loi (1957), winner of the Prix Goncourt. His screenplays include Les liaisons dangereuses (with Claude Brûlé and Roger Vadim, 1959) and Le vice et la vertu (with Vadim, 1962). He died, aged 57, in Meillonnas, Ain.
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