Alain Robbe-Grillet

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-08-18 (86 years old)

Deathday

2008-02-18

Place of Birth

Brest, Finistère, France

Alain Robbe-Grillet

Biography

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 Nouveau Roman (new novel) trend. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004, succeeding Maurice Rheims at seat No. 32. He was married to Catherine Robbe-Grillet (née Rstakian). Robbe-Grillet's career as a creator of fiction was not restricted to the writing of novels. For him, creating fiction in the form of films was of equal importance. His film career began when Alain Resnais chose to collaborate with him on his 1961 film Last Year ...

Acting

1974

Successive Slidings of Pleasure

as Un Passant dans la Rue (uncredited)

1999

Time Regained

as Goncourt

2015

The Ceremony

as Self (archive footage)

1995

2003

The Battle for 'I Am Curious-Yellow'

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1961

1968

The Man Who Lies

as Director

1975

1975

1972

N. Took the Dice

as Director

1972

1966

1970

Eden and After

as Director

1970

1983

1963

L'Immortelle

as Director

1995

The Blue Villa

as Director

1966

1996

Taxandria

as Writer

1968

1963

L'Immortelle

as Writer

1995

1978

Civil Wars in France

as Technical Advisor

1969

The Erasers

as Novel

2018

Jealousy

as Novel

1961

1972

La celosía

as Novel

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