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Roger Ikor

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Roger Ikor · Arts & Literature

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1912, Paris, France — 1986, Paris, France

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France

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Roger Ikor was a French novelist and essayist who won the Prix Goncourt in 1955 for 'Les Eaux mêlées', part of a saga tracing the integration of a Russian-Jewish immigrant family into France. His writing often explored Jewish identity, secularism and belonging. Born to a Russian-Jewish immigrant family, he was Jewish.

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