Romain Gary
Romain Gary · Arts & Literature
French novelist, only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice
1914, Vilnius (then Russian Empire) — 1980, Paris, France
Lithuania · France
Romain Gary is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — French novelist, only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice
Romain Gary was a French novelist, aviator and diplomat and the only writer to win the Prix Goncourt twice — once under his own name and once under the secret pseudonym Émile Ajar, a literary hoax revealed only after his death. Born Roman Kacew into a Jewish family in Vilnius, he emigrated to France and became a decorated Free French war hero.
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French novelist, only author to win the Prix Goncourt twice
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