Romain Gary, Lithuanian-French author, director, and screenwriter (born 1914)

Romain Gary

French writer and diplomat (1914–1980)

Romain Gary, born Roman Kacew 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. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half…