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Alain Robbe-Grillet(1922-2008)

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  • Director
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Alain Robbe-Grillet
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. Then at age 30 he decided to change the direction of his career and concentrate on the thorny problem of literature. His novels were at first panned by the fashionable critics of the time, but he succeeded in winning (along with such now famous friends as Samuel Beckett, Nathalie Sarraute, Claude Simon and Marguerite Duras) worldwide recognition and wide readership for the last literary movement in France known as "Le Nouveau Roman". or "New Novel". His books have been translated in some 30 languages and include "Le Voyeur: (1955), "La jalousie" (1965), "La maison de rendez-vous" (1965), "Project pour une révolution à New York e Djinn" (1981), "Le miroir qui revient" (1985) and "Les Derniers jours de Corinth" (1994). At 40 he emabarked on a parallel career as screenwriter and film director, venturing once again into unorthodox narrative structures. With Alain Resnais he won the "Golden Lion" in Venice in 1961 for Last Year at Marienbad (1961) ("Last Year at Marienbad") and won the Louis Delluc Prize two years later for L'Immortelle (1963), the first film which he wrote and directed himself. This was followed by Trans-Europ-Express (1966), The Man Who Lies (1968) ("The Man who Lies"), Eden and After (1970) ("Eden and Afterwards"), Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974) ("The Slow Slidings of Pleasure"), Playing with Fire (1975) ("Playing with Fire"), )La belle captive (1983)_ ("The Beautiful Captive") and Un bruit qui rend fou (1995) ("The Blue Villa"). He lives in seclusion in the countryside in Normandy, where he tends to his collection of cacti. He continues to travel the world, and to teach modern literature and film to graduate students in several American universities.
BornAugust 18, 1922
DiedFebruary 18, 2008(85)
BornAugust 18, 1922
DiedFebruary 18, 2008(85)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 4 wins & 10 nominations total

Known for

Giorgio Albertazzi, Sacha Pitoëff, and Delphine Seyrig in Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Last Year at Marienbad
7.6
  • Writer
  • 1961
Un bruit qui rend fou (1995)
Un bruit qui rend fou
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1995
L'Immortelle (1963)
L'Immortelle
7.2
  • Writer
  • 1963
The Man Who Lies (1968)
The Man Who Lies
6.8
  • Writer
  • 1968

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  • Pascal Greggory, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Céline Ters, Augustin Viard, Patrick Boudet, Fabian Wolfrom, and Nagisa Morimoto in La Japonaise (2021)
    La Japonaise
    • Writer
    • 2021
  • Campana de la noche (2010)
    Campana de la noche
    Short
    • story
    • 2010
  • It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2006)
    It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
    5.8
    • Writer
    • 2006
  • Un bruit qui rend fou (1995)
    Un bruit qui rend fou
    6.6
    • dialogue
    • screenplay
    • 1995
  • Taxandria (1994)
    Taxandria
    6.4
    • script
    • 1994
  • Gabrielle Lazure in The Beautiful Prisoner (1983)
    The Beautiful Prisoner
    6.3
    • written by
    • 1983
  • Centre Play (1973)
    Centre Play
    6.7
    TV Series
    • novel "Dans le labyrinthe"
    • 1976
  • Anicée Alvina and Jacques Seiler in Playing with Fire (1975)
    Playing with Fire
    5.6
    • written by
    • 1975
  • Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974)
    Successive Slidings of Pleasure
    6.1
    • written by
    • 1974
  • La Jalousie (1972)
    La Jalousie
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • N. Took the Dice (1972)
    N. Took the Dice
    6.0
    • Writer
    • 1972
  • Eden and After (1970)
    Eden and After
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 1970
  • Les gommes (1969)
    Les gommes
    7.4
    • novel
    • 1969
  • The Man Who Lies (1968)
    The Man Who Lies
    6.8
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie-France Pisier in Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
    Trans-Europ-Express
    7.0
    • written by
    • 1966

Director



  • It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You (2006)
    It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You
    5.8
    • Director
    • 2006
  • Un bruit qui rend fou (1995)
    Un bruit qui rend fou
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1995
  • Gabrielle Lazure in The Beautiful Prisoner (1983)
    The Beautiful Prisoner
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1983
  • Anicée Alvina and Jacques Seiler in Playing with Fire (1975)
    Playing with Fire
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974)
    Successive Slidings of Pleasure
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1974
  • N. Took the Dice (1972)
    N. Took the Dice
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Eden and After (1970)
    Eden and After
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1970
  • The Man Who Lies (1968)
    The Man Who Lies
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie-France Pisier in Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
    Trans-Europ-Express
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1966
  • L'Immortelle (1963)
    L'Immortelle
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1963

Actor



  • Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999)
    Marcel Proust's Time Regained
    6.7
    • Goncourt
    • 1999
  • Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974)
    Successive Slidings of Pleasure
    6.1
    • Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
    • 1974
  • I Love You, I Love You (1968)
    I Love You, I Love You
    7.1
    • L'attaché de presse (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant and Marie-France Pisier in Trans-Europ-Express (1966)
    Trans-Europ-Express
    7.0
    • Jean - the Director (uncredited)
    • 1966

Personal details

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  • Born
    • August 18, 1922
    • Brest, Finistère, France
  • Died
    • February 18, 2008
    • Caen, Calvados, France(heart ailment)
  • Spouse
    • Catherine Robbe-GrilletOctober 23, 1957 - February 18, 2008 (his death)
  • Other works
    Novel. "La Maison de Rendezvous." New York: Grove Press.
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    • 1 Print Biography
    • 10 Articles

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    Wrote an original screenplay for Michelangelo Antonioni entitled "La fortresse" (The Fortress); the movie was never made.
  • Trademarks
      His "new novel" style disregarded traditional literary devices such as plot and chronological narrative; objects are more significant than human actions.

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