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Romain Gary

1914 - 1980

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Romain Gary (pronounced [ʁɔ.mɛ̃ ga.ʁi]; 21 May [O.S. 8 May] 1914 – 2 December 1980), born Roman Kacew (pronounced [katsɛf]) and also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a French novelist, diplomat, film director, and World War II aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice (once under a pseudonym). He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century. He was married to Lesley Blanch, then Jean Seberg. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Romain Gary is the 486th most popular writer (up from 566th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 15th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Lithuanian Writer.

Romain Gary was a French writer who was most famous for his novels "The Roots of Heaven" and "The Life Before Us."

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Among writers, Romain Gary ranks 486 out of 7,302. Before him are Milena Jesenská, Vladimir Vysotsky, Edward Said, Comte de Lautréamont, José Martí, and René Guénon. After him are Joris-Karl Huysmans, Ivan Bunin, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Louise Glück, Phaedrus, and Alfred Döblin.

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Among people born in 1914, Romain Gary ranks 20. Before him are Richard Laurence Millington Synge, Alec Guinness, Jiang Qing, Richard Widmark, Michael Wittmann, and Jack LaLanne. After him are Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, William S. Burroughs, Karl Carstens, Willi Stoph, Bohumil Hrabal, and Lída Baarová. Among people deceased in 1980, Romain Gary ranks 22. Before him are Joe Dassin, Alexei Kosygin, William Howard Stein, Gianni Rodari, Vladimir Vysotsky, and Tamara de Lempicka. After him are Marshall McLuhan, Marcelo Caetano, Peter Sellers, Alexander Oparin, Otto Frank, and Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Romain Gary ranks 11 out of 328. Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911), Gediminas (1275), Mindaugas (1203), Hermann Minkowski (1864), Emma Goldman (1869), and Algirdas (1296). After him are Eliezer Ben-Yehuda (1858), Wilfrid Voynich (1865), Kęstutis (1297), Emilia Plater (1806), Dalia Grybauskaitė (1956), and Antanas Smetona (1874).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Romain Gary ranks 2. Before him are Czesław Miłosz (1911). After him are Simon Dach (1605), Jonas Mekas (1922), Hermann Sudermann (1857), Branislaw Tarashkyevich (1892), Vydūnas (1868), Irena Veisaitė (1928), Tomas Venclova (1937), Francišak Bahuševič (1840), Justinas Marcinkevičius (1930), and Žemaitė (1845).

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