Moi Je

by Claude Roy

Journaliste, critique, romancier, essayiste, grand voyageur, Claude Roy est un témoin de son temps à l'oeil vif et au coeur chaud. Ses Mémoires, qu'il intitule Moi je, font revivre l'avant-guerre, la guerre et l'occupation. C'est l'anatomie d'une époque, sous tous ses aspects : politique, moral, littéraire, aventureux. C'est aussi une éblouissante galerie de portraits : Gide, Giraudoux, et tant d'autres, sans oublier, bien sûr, l'auteur, dans tous ses âges.

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First published November 1, 1978

About the author

Claude Roy, writer: born Paris 28 August 1915; twice married, secondly to Loleh Bellon (one son); died Paris 13 December 1997.
The son of the artiste-peintre Felicien Roy, Claude Roy was born with an eye for the unusual and colourful, and an ear for words so acute, he always seemed like a child learning to speak and read.

Several of his best known books are rhymes, poems and absurd tales for the young of all ages, illustrated by well-known artists, among whom he had many friends, including Picasso, Balthus, Zao Wou Ki and Zoran Music. Roy's last work was a book on his friend, Balthus (1996). His most enchanting children's books, two volumes of Enfantasques (1974 and 1978) are illustrated by his own witty collages. He wrote a delightful book about the art of painting, inspired by memories of watching his father at work, in L'Amour de la peinture (1955).

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