Roger Grenier
| Roger Grenier | |
|---|---|
 Roger Grenier in 2014 | |
| Born |
September 19, 1919 Caen, France |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist |
| Language | French |
| Nationality | French |
| Period | 1940-present |
| Notable works | The Difficulty of Being a Dog |
| Notable awards |
Prix Femina Prix Albert Camus Prix de l'Académie Française Prix Novembre |
| Spouse |
Marguerite (195?–197?) Nicole (1979–present) |
| Children | two sons |
Roger Grenier (born September 19, 1919[1] in Caen, Calvados, France) is a French writer, journalist and radio animator. He is Regent of the Collège de ’Pataphysique.[2]
Biography
As a youth, Grenier lived in Pau, where Andrélie[3] opened a shop selling glasses. During the war, he attended classes taught by Gaston Bachelard at the Sorbonne before actively participating in the 1944 liberation of Paris. He joined Albert Camus at the newspaper Combat[4] then at France Soir. As a journalist, he followed post-war trials which inspired his first essay in 1949 Le Rôle d'accusé. Grenier has been a radio animator, writer for television and cinema, and a member of the Gallimard board. He is recipient of the Grand prix de l'Académie française in 1985 for his body of work of more than thirty works: novels including the best-sellers Le Palais d'hiver 1965 and Ciné-roman Prix Femina in 1972, as ell as essays and memoirs. 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 is a busy conference attendee, speaking about his works, literature, Gallimard, or his friends: Albert Camus, and Brassaï.
Works
- 2011 Le palais des livres, translation (English) by Alice Kaplan, Palace of Books, University of Chicago Press, 2014, ISBN 9780226308340. See an excerpt.
- 2010 Dans le secret d'une photo, translation (English) by Alice Kaplan, A Box of Photographs, University of Chicago Press, 2013, ISBN 9780226308319.
- 2008 Tchékhov - 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 Montparnasse
- 2005 Andrélie, traits et portraits, Mercure de France
- 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, translation (English) by Alice Kaplan, The Difficulty of Being a Dog, University of Chicago Press, 2000, ISBN 9780226308289. See an excerpt.
- 1997 Quelqu'un de ce temps-là, novels
- 1994 Trois heures du matin Scott Fitzgerald, 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 Pia ou Le droit au néant, essay
- 1988 Rues, 1934–1988, photographs by J. Dubois, Nathan
- 1988 La Mare d'Auteuil, novel
- 1987 Albert Camus, soleil et ombre : une biographie intellectuelle, essay, Prix Albert Camus, Rééd. 1991, (Italian) Albert Camus, a cura di Roger Grenier, Milano,Bompiani, 1988. Réed. 1992
- 1987 Un guide intime, Prague, éd. Autrement [5]
- 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 Pléiade
- 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 Femina, 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
References
- ↑ « Grenier, Roger », notice d'autorité personne n° FRBNF11905870, catalogue Bn-Opale Plus, Bibliothèque nationale de France, created May 12, 1975, modified February 27, 2007
- ↑ Régents of the Collège de ’Pataphysique
- ↑ self-titled 2005 novel
- ↑ Roger Grenier facing wearing glasses
- ↑
