Roger Vailland
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Roger Vailland was a French
novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
Vailland's novel
s include Drôle de jeu (1945), Les mauvais coups (1948), Un jeune homme seul (1951), 325 000 francs (1955), and La loi (1957), winner of the Prix Goncourt
. His screenplays include Les liaisons dangereuses (with Claude Brûlé and Roger Vadim
, 1959) and Le vice et la vertu (with Vadim, 1962).
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.
Vailland's novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s include Drôle de jeu (1945), Les mauvais coups (1948), Un jeune homme seul (1951), 325 000 francs (1955), and La loi (1957), winner of the Prix Goncourt
Prix Goncourt
The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
. His screenplays include Les liaisons dangereuses (with Claude Brûlé and Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim was a French screenwriter, director, and producer as well as a journalist, author and actor, who launched Brigitte Bardot's career in the film And God Created Woman.-Early life:...
, 1959) and Le vice et la vertu (with Vadim, 1962).
Novels
- Drôle de jeu, Prix InteralliéPrix InteralliéThe prix Interallié , also known simply as l’Interallié, is an annual French literary award, awarded for a novel written by a journalist.- History :...
, Éditions Corrêa, Paris, 1945 - Les Mauvais coups, Éditions Sagittaire, 1948
- Bon pied, bon œil, Éditions Corrêa, Paris, 1950
- Un Jeune homme seul, Éditions Corrêa, Paris, 1951
- Beau masque, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1954
- 325 000 francs, Éditions Corrêa, Paris, 1955
- La Loi, Prix GoncourtPrix GoncourtThe Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the académie Goncourt to the author of "the best and most imaginative prose work of the year"...
1957. English: The LawThe Law (1957 novel)The Law is a 1957 novel by French author Roger Vailland. It won the 1957 Prix Goncourt, France's most prestigious literary prize.... - La Fête, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1960
- La Truite, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1964
- La Visirova, Messidor, Paris, 1986
- Cortès, le conquérant de l'Eldorado, Messidor, Paris, 1992
Travel
- Boroboudour, Éditions Gallimard, Paris
- Boroboudour, voyage à Bali, Java et autres îles, Éditions du Sonneur, Paris
Journals
- Chronique d’Hiroshima à Goldfinger : 1945-1965, Éditions sociales, Paris, 1984
- Chronique des années folles à la Libération, Éditions sociales, Paris, 1984.
- Écrits intimes, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1982.
Theatre
- Héloïse et Abélard, Editions Corréa, 1947
- Le Colonel Foster plaidera coupable, pièce en cinq actes, les Éditeurs réunis, Paris, 1952.
- Monsieur Jean, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1959
Essays
- Laclos, Éditions du Seuil, Paris, 1953
- Éloge du Cardinal de Bernis, Éditions Grasset, Paris, 1956.
- Expérience du drame, Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, 2002
- Un homme du peuple sous la Révolution, Éditions Gallimard, Paris, 1979
- Le regard froid : réflexions, esquisses, libelles, 1945-1962, Éditions Grasset, Paris, 1998
- N’aimer que ce qui n’a pas de prix, Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, 1995
- Les pages immortelles de Suétone, Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, 2002
- Le Saint-Empire, Éditions de la différence, Paris, 1978
- Le Surréalisme contre la révolution, Éditions Complexe, Bruxelles, 1988