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Alain Robbe-Grillet Biography (1922-)

Born August 18, 1922, in Brest, France; son of Gaston (an engineer) and Yvonne (Canu) Robbe-Grillet; married Catherine Rstakian, October 23, 1957. Addresses: OFFICE--7 rue Bernard-Palissy, 75006 Paris, France.

Nationality

French

Gender

Male

Birth Details

August 18, 1922

Brest, France

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Jean (the director), Trans-Europ-Express, 1966, released in the United States by Trans American, 1968.
• Also appeared in Je t'aime, Je t'aime, New Yorker, 1972.
• Credits; FILM WORK; DIRECTOR
• L'Immortelle, 1963, released in the United States by Grove, 1969.
• Trans-Europ-Express, 1966, released in the United States by Trans American, 1968.
• L'Homme qui ment (also known as The Man Who Lies), 1968, released in theUnited States by Grove, 1970.
• Glissements progressifs du plaisir (also known as Successive Slidings ofPleasure), Fox-Lira, 1973.
• Le Jeu avec le feu (also known as Playing with Fire and Giocare col fuoco), Union Generale Cinematographique/CFDC, 1974.
• La Belle Captive (also known as The Beautiful Prisoner), Argos Films, 1983.
• Also directed L'Eden et apres, 1971; Les Gommes, 1972; Piege a fourrure,1977.
• Writings
• FILM; SEE PRODUCTION DETAILS ABOVE,UNLESS INDICATED L'Annee derniere a Marienbad (also known as Last Year at Marienbad), 1961, released in the UnitedStates by Astor, 1962, published by Editions de Minuit, 1961, then in the United States by Grove, 1962.
• L'Immortelle, 1963, published by Editions de Minuit, 1963.
• Trans-Europ-Express, 1966.
• L'Homme que ment, 1968.
• L'Eden et apres, 1971.
• Les Gommes, 1972.
• Glissements progressifs du plaisir, 1972.
• (co-writer) Le Jeu avec le feu, 1974.
• Piege a fourrure, 1977.
• (with Framl Verpillat) La Belle Captive, 1983.
• Writings;OTHER
• Les Gommes (novel), Editions de Minuit, 1953, published in the United States as The Erasers, Grove, 1964.
• Le Voyeur (novel), Editions de Minuit, 1955, published in the United States as The Voyeur, Grove, 1958.
• La Jalousie (novel), Editions de Minuit, 1957, published in the United States as Jealousy, Grove, 1959.
• Dans le labyrinthe (novel), Editions de Minuit, 1959, published in the United States as In the Labyrinth, Grove, 1960.
• Instantanes (short stories), Editions de Minuit, 1962, published in the United States as Snapshots, Grove, 1968.
• Pour un nouveau roman (non-fiction), Editions de Minuit, 1963, publishedin the United States as For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction, Grove, 1966.
• La Maison de rendez-vous (novel), Editions de Minuit, 1965, published inthe United States by Grove, 1966.
• Projet pour une revolution a New York (novel), Editions de Minuit, 1970,published in the United States as Project for a Revolution in New York, Grove, 1972.
• (with David Hamilton) Reves de jeunes filles (novel), Montel, 1971, published in the United States as Dreams of a Young Girl, Morrow, 1971.
• (with Hamilton) Les Demoiselles d'Hamilton (novel), Laffont, 1972.
• Also Topologie d'une cite fantome (novel), 1976; La Belle Captive (novel), 1977; Un regicide (novel), 1978; Souvenirs du triangle d'or (novel), 1978;Djinn (novel), 1981; Le Miroir qui revient (novel), 1984.