Roger Grenier
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Roger Grenier is a French writer, journalist and radio animator. He is Regent of the Collège de ’Pataphysique.
During the war, Roger Grenier attended Gaston Bachelard
classes at the Sorbonne
before actively participating in 1944 in the liberation of Paris
. He joined Albert Camus
in the newspaper Combat
then in France Soir
. Journalist, he followed post-war trials which inspired his first essay in 1949 Le Rôle d'accusé. Radio animator, writer for television and cinema, member of the Gallimard board, he is recipient of the Grand prix de l'Académie française in 1985 for his whole works, over than thirty works at this time, novels, including two best-sellers Le Palais d'hiver 1965 and Ciné-roman, Prix Femina
in 1972, essays, souvenirs.
He is best known in the United States for his work The Difficulty of Being a Dog (Les larmes d'Ulysse), translated by Alice Kaplan. He is still writing and a busy conferencer: about his works, literature, Gallimard, or his friends: Albert Camus
, Brassaï
, ...
Biography
Young, he lived in Pau, where Andrélie opened a shop selling glasses.During the war, Roger Grenier attended Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard
Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher. He made contributions in the fields of poetics and the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break...
classes at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
before actively participating in 1944 in the liberation of Paris
Liberation of Paris
The Liberation of Paris took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the surrender of the occupying German garrison on August 25th. It could be regarded by some as the last battle in the Battle for Normandy, though that really ended with the crushing of the Wehrmacht forces between the...
. He joined Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
in the newspaper Combat
Combat (newspaper)
Combat was a French newspaper created during the Second World War. Originally a clandestine newspaper of the Resistance, it was headed by Albert Ollivier, Jean Bloch-Michel, Georges Altschuler and, most of all, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, André Malraux, Emmanuel Mounier, and then Raymond Aron...
then in France Soir
France Soir
France Soir is a French daily newspaper that prospered during the 1950s and 1960s, but it has declined since then under various owners. It was re-launched as a populist tabloid in 2006.-History:...
. Journalist, he followed post-war trials which inspired his first essay in 1949 Le Rôle d'accusé. Radio animator, writer for television and cinema, member of the Gallimard board, he is recipient of the Grand prix de l'Académie française in 1985 for his whole works, over than thirty works at this time, novels, including two best-sellers Le Palais d'hiver 1965 and Ciné-roman, Prix Femina
Prix Femina
The Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
in 1972, essays, souvenirs.
He is best known in the United States for his work The Difficulty of Being a Dog (Les larmes d'Ulysse), translated by Alice Kaplan. He is still writing and a busy conferencer: about his works, literature, Gallimard, or his friends: Albert Camus
Albert Camus
Albert Camus was a French author, journalist, and key philosopher of the 20th century. In 1949, Camus founded the Group for International Liaisons within the Revolutionary Union Movement, which was opposed to some tendencies of the Surrealist movement of André Breton.Camus was awarded the 1957...
, Brassaï
Brassaï
Brassaï was a Hungarian photographer, sculptor, and filmmaker who rose to international fame in France in the 20th century. He was one of the numerous Hungarian artists who flourished in Paris beginning between the World Wars...
, ...
Works
- 2010 Dans le secret d'une photo, souvenirs, translation pending, University of Chicago Press, 2010 or 2011
- 2008 TchékhovAnton ChekhovAnton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics...
- Récit d'un inconnu et autres nouvelles, préface and dossier, « Folio » - 2007 Instantanés, souvenirs
- 2006 Trois années after Anton Chekhov]'s novel, theatre, created in Paris at Petit MontparnasseThéâtre MontparnasseThe Théâtre Montparnasse is a theater at 31, rue de la Gaîté in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.-History:The present structure was built in 1886 on a site that had been dedicated to theatre since 1817...
- 2005 Andrélie, traits et portraits, Mercure de FranceMercure de FranceThe Mercure de France was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group....
- 2003 Trois tortues et quelques autres, Gibraffaro ???
- 2003 Une nouvelle pour vous, novels
- 2001 Fidèle au poste
- 2001 Roger Grenier ou le droit de se contredire, conversation with Danielle Stéphane, La Passe du vent
- 2000 Le Veilleur, novel
- 1998 Les Larmes d'Ulysse, essay, The Difficulty of Being a Dog, University of Chicago Press, 2000
- 1997 Quelqu'un de ce temps-là, novels
- 1994 Trois heures du matin Scott FitzgeraldScott FitzgeraldScott Fitzgerald may refer to:*F. Scott Fitzgerald , American author*Scott L. Fitzgerald , member of the Wisconsin State Senate*Scott Fitzgerald , former Wimbledon defender, former manager of Brentford...
, essay - 1993 La Marche turque, novels
- 1992 Regardez la neige qui tombe. Impressions de Tchekhov, essay, Prix Novembre Rééd. Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 1997
- 1991 Villas anglaises à Pau, photographs by Anne Garde, éd. Marrimpouey
- 1991 Partita, novel
- 1989 Pascal PiaPascal PiaPascal Pia, born Pierre Durand , was a French writer, journalist, illustrator and scholar. He also used the pseudonyms Pascal Rose, Pascal Fely and others....
ou Le droit au néant, essay - 1988 Rues, 1934–1988, photographs by J. Dubois, Nathan
- 1988 Prague, éd. Autrement
- 1988 La Mare d'Auteuil, novel
- 1987 Albert Camus, soleil et ombre : une biographie intellectuelle, essay, Prix Albert Camus, Rééd. 1991, Albert Camus, a cura di Roger Grenier, Milano,Bompiani, 1988. Réed. 1992
- 1987 Brassaï, essay
- 1986 Le Pierrot noir, novel, Rééd. Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 1996, Another November, Bison Books, 1998
- 1985 Il te faudra quitter Florence, novel 1985, Rééd. Gallimard, « Folio », 1994
- 1983 Oeuvres complètes d'Albert Camus, two volumes, Club de l'honnête homme
- 1982 La Fiancée de Fragonard, novels
- 1982 Album Camus. Commented iconography, La PléiadeLa PléiadeThe Pléiade is the name given to a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim du Bellay and Jean-Antoine de Baïf. The name was a reference to another literary group, the original Alexandrian Pleiad of seven Alexandrian poets and...
- 1980 La Follia, novel
- 1979 Un air de famille, tale
- 1978 Iscan, éd. Horay, coll. « Le Territoire de l'œil »
- 1977 La Salle de rédaction, novels
- 1975 Le Miroir des eaux, Prix de la nouvelle de l'Académie française
- 1972 Ciné-roman, Prix FeminaPrix FeminaThe Prix Femina is a French literary prize created in 1904 by 22 writers for the magazine La Vie heureuse . The prize is decided each year by an exclusively female jury, although the authors of the winning works do not have to be women...
, Rééd. Gallimard, coll. « Soleil », 1973 et « Folio », 1995, TV adaptation in 1978 - 1972 Une maison place des fêtes, novels
- 1971 Avant une guerre, novel
- 1971 Claude Roy
- 1965 Le Palais d'hiver, novel, Rééd. Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 1973
- 1961 Le Silence, novels, Rééd. 1984
- 1960 La Voie romaine, novel
- 1958 Les Embuscades, novel, Rééd. Gallimard, coll. « Folio », 1980
- 1953 Limelight. Les Feux de la rampe, novel after Charles Chaplin's scenario
- 1953 Les Monstres, novel
- 1949 Le Rôle d'accusé, essay