Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was one of the figures most associated with the Nouveau Roman trend of the 1960s, along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon. Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on 25 March 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat No. 32. He married Catherine Robbe-Grillet.
18 August 1922
Born on the same birth day (18 August): Esteban Cambiasso • Jon Schwartz (drummer) • Kaitlin Olson • Lucienne Boyer • Nick Fuentes • Rainer Woelki • Sheila Cassidy • Timothy Geithner
Born in the same month (August 1922): Al Alberts • Albert Irvin • Chuck Gilmur • Freddie Laker • Giorgos Mouzakis • Howard Zinn • Jack Holland (rugby league) • John Edward Williams • John Eisenhower • Kelly Freas • Károly Reich • Leonard Baskin • Lionel Murphy • Mayme Agnew Clayton • Philip Larkin • Regina Resnik • René Lévesque • Richard Blackwell • Rory Calhoun • Rudi Gernreich • Sabino Barinaga