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  1. Alain Robbe-Grillet was born in Brest ( Finistère, France) to a family of engineers and scientists. He was trained as an agricultural engineer. During the years 1943 and 1944, he participated in compulsory labor in Nuremberg, where he worked as a machinist. The initial few months were seen by Robbe-Grillet as something of a holiday.

    • 18 August 1922, Brest, Finistère, France
  2. Apr 4, 2024 · Alain Robbe-Grillet (born Aug. 18, 1922, Brest, France—died Feb. 18, 2008, Caen) was a representative writer and leading theoretician of the nouveau roman (“new novel”), the French “anti-novel” that emerged in the 1950s. He was also a screenwriter and film director. Robbe-Grillet was trained as a statistician and agronomist.

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  4. Feb 18, 2008 · Alain Robbe-Grillet was a French writer and filmmaker. He was along with Nathalie Sarraute, Michel Butor and Claude Simon one of the figures most associated with the trend of the Nouveau Roman. Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat #32. He was married to .

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    • February 18, 2008
    • August 18, 1928
  5. Feb 24, 2008 · Peter Kramer, the writer and psychiatrist best known for his 1993 book, “Listening to Prozac,” said Mr. Robbe-Grillet, with his belief in the arbitrary, was important. Mr. Robbe-Grillet ...

  6. Alain Robbe-Grillet. Writer: Un bruit qui rend fou. Born in Brest, France, in 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet initially studied mathematics and biology. He graduated from the Paris-based Institut National Agronomique (National Institute of Agronomy) in 1945 and embarked on a career of scientific research in the tropics and in France.

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    • Brest, Finistère, France
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    • Caen, Calvados, France
  7. An influential French novelist, Robbe-Grillet’s most enduring cinematic success was his screenplay for Last Year At Marienbad (1961). He subsequently turned to directing films such as L’Immortelle (1963), TransEurop Express (1966) in which he also took an acting role, La Belle Captive (1983) and Un Bruit Qui Rend Foy (1995). - Read Alain Robbe-Grillet's Times Obituary - Read Alain Robbe ...

  8. Feb 19, 2008 · Alain Robbe-Grillet, who has died aged 85 after cardiac problems, was revered by some and accepted by others, as the master of the nouveau roman - the new novel. From the 1950s onwards, a group of ...

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