Author
Romain Gary
May 21, 1914 – December 2, 1980 · France
Film director, Screenwriter, Diplomat, Translator, Aircraft pilot, Novelist, Writer, Français libre, Director
Titles on list
3
Total weeks
34
Peak rank
#6
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Biography
- Born
- May 21, 1914 · Vilnius
- Died
- December 2, 1980 · 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Nationality
- France
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Polish, Yiddish, Russian, English, French
- Education
- Lycée Masséna, Faculté de droit d'Aix-en-Provence, School of the Air and Space, Paris Law Faculty, Paul Cézanne University
Awards & Honours
- 1944Companion of the Liberation
- 1956Prix Goncourt
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Insignia for the Military Wounded
- Croix de guerre 1939–1945
- Resistance Medal
- Colonial Medal
- Order of Liberation
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