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Nathalie Sarraute

Who

Nathalie Sarraute · Arts & Literature

What

French novelist and pioneer of the nouveau roman ('Tropisms')

When

1900, Ivanovo, Russia — 1999, Paris, France

Where

Russia · France

Biography

Nathalie Sarraute is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — French novelist and pioneer of the nouveau roman ('Tropisms')

How & why

Nathalie Sarraute was a Russian-born French novelist and essayist, a pioneer of the nouveau roman, whose 'Tropisms' (1939) probed the fleeting inner impulses beneath speech and social interaction. Her experimental style reshaped mid-century French fiction. She was Jewish, born to a Russian-Jewish family, and lived in hiding in occupied France during World War II.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

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French novelist and pioneer of the nouveau roman ('Tropisms')

1900

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature