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Romain Gary

Born

in Vilnius , Lithuania

May 08, 1914

Died

December 02, 1980

Genre

Fiction

Influences

Victor Hugo, André Malraux, Leon Tolstoy, Alexander Pushkin, Marcel Pr ...more

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Romain Gary was a Jewish-French novelist, film director, World War II aviator and diplomat. He also wrote under the pen name Émile Ajar .

Born Roman Kacew (Yiddish: קצב, Russian: Кацев), Romain Gary grew up in Vilnius to a family of Lithuanian Jews. He changed his name to Romain Gary when he escaped occupied France to fight with Great Britain against Germany in WWII. His father, Arieh-Leib Kacew, abandoned his family in 1925 and remarried. From this time Gary was raised by his mother, Nina Owczinski. When he was fourteen, he and his mother moved to Nice, France. In his books and interviews, he presented many different versions of his father's origin, parents, occupation and childhood.

He later studied law, first in Aix-en-Provence and then ...more

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	La vie devant soi by Romain Gary, Émile Ajar (alias) 4.22 avg rating — 38,287 ratings — published 1975 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La promesse de l'aube 4.23 avg rating — 15,409 ratings — published 1960 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	خداحافظ گاری کوپر by Romain Gary, سروش حبیبی (Translator) 3.86 avg rating — 8,603 ratings — published 1964 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Kites by Romain Gary, Miranda Richmond Mouillot (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 7,278 ratings — published 1980 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clair de femme 3.69 avg rating — 3,805 ratings — published 1977	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Racines du ciel 4.13 avg rating — 2,800 ratings — published 1956 — 96 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lady L 3.68 avg rating — 3,032 ratings — published 1957 — 62 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chien blanc by Romain Gary, Émile Ajar (Alias) 3.86 avg rating — 2,411 ratings — published 1970 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Éducation européenne 4.01 avg rating — 1,794 ratings — published 1944	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gros-Câlin by Romain Gary, Émile Ajar (Alias) 3.80 avg rating — 1,872 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“If there is something that opens horizons, it is precisely ignorance.”
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“Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.”
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“Literature is greater than any of us, dammit.”
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