Romain Gary

Roman Kacew, who took the name Romain Gary, was born in Vilnius on 21 May 1914. Raised by his mother, he arrived with her in Nice in 1928 and became French in 1935. During the Second World War he joined Free France and served in the air force. He then had a career as a diplomat, rising to the post of consul general in Los Angeles. He received the Prix Goncourt twice, under his own name in 1956, then in 1975 under the pseudonym Émile Ajar. He died in Paris in December 1980.

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• NovelPromise at DawnLa Promesse de l'aubeRomain Gary · 1960Literature