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Alain Robbe-Grillet

Alain Robbe-Grillet
Alain Robbe-Grillet, French director, screenwriter, and novelist (d. 2008)

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

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