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Tuesday 11 March 2008

Marguerite Duras (and Robbe-Grillet)

Are duras.ifrance.com and Société Marguerite Duras really the best the web can do for Marguerite Duras pages? Goodness. This is woeful. I needs to sort me out my minisites and knock something decent together for Ms Duras asap!


Robbe-Grillet doesn't fair much better either. John Leo's Robbe-Grillet Homepage and The Modern Word's page are the best he gets. Hmmm. Work to do!

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Monday 18 February 2008

Alain Robbe-Grillet RIP

Alain Robbe-Grillet est mort, il avait 85 ans. The father of the nouveau roman died last night of a heart attack.


Celui que l'on appelait «le pape du Nouveau Roman» est mort dans la nuit du 17 au 18 février, emporté par une crise cardiaque. Né en 1922, Alain Robbe-Grillet avait été ingénieur agronome avant de devenir l'auteur des «Gommes» (1953), de «la Jalousie» (1957) et du «Voyeur» (1955).

Son passé à l'avant-garde n'avait pas empêché son élection à l'Académie française, le 25 mars 2004 - même s'il n'y avait pas encore été officiellement reçu. Son dernier livre, «Un roman sentimental» était paru à l'automne 2007.

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Appointment

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