Claude Roy
Claude Roy (28 August 1915 – 13 December 1997) was a French poet and essayist. He was born and died in Paris.
Also recorded as Claude Orland
Claude Roy

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- Born
- 28 August 1915
- Died
- 13 December 1997
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- journalist, poet, french resistance fighter, novelist, critic and writer.
- Fields
- literature, young adult literature and literary criticism.
- Honours
- Fénéon Prize for literature, Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL, Prix Goncourt de la Poésie, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, Prix France Culture and Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud.
- Languages
- French.
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Claude Roy, a writer, journalist, translator and art historian, was born on 28 August 1915 in Paris, 8th arrondissement, France and died on 13 December 1997 in Paris, 6th arrondissement, France.
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Biography
Biography
The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is literature, young adult literature and literary criticism. Employment is recorded with Le Nouvel Obs and Je suis partout. Work by Claude Roy is recorded in the collections of Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Distinctions recorded are Fénéon Prize for literature, Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL, Prix Goncourt de la Poésie and Prix Guillaume Apollinaire.

Claude Roy en 1980.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Born — 28 August 1915 • Died — 13 December 1997
Biography
Biography
After the fall of France during World War II, Roy was captured as a prisoner of war. He later escaped and joined the French Resistance. Initially associated with the political right, by 1943 Roy drifted towards the left under the influence of Louis Aragon and adhered to the French Communist Party, openly attacking fascism and Vichy sympathizers. He left the Communist Party after the suppression of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 and, as a contributor to Le Nouvel Observateur, became a fixture on the anti-totalitarian left. He was a signatory to the Manifesto of the 121 in favor of Algerian independence.
Non-Fiction
Non-Fiction
• Défense de la littérature, idées, folio • Moi je, Gallimard, 1969; Folio, 1978 • Nous, Gallimard, 1972; Folio, 1980 • Somme toute, Gallimard, 1976; Folio, 1982. Prix Saint-Simon 1976 • Permis de séjour, 1977-1982, Gallimard, 1983; Folio, 1987 • La Fleur du temps, 1983-1987, Gallimard, 1988; Folio, 1992 • L'Étonnement du voyageur, 1987-1989, Gallimard, 1990, prix France Culture • Le Rivage des jours, 1990-1991, Gallimard, 1992 • Les Rencontres des jours, 1992-1993, Gallimard, 1995; Folio, 1996 • Chemins croisés, 1994-1995, Gallimard, 1997
Novels
Novels
• La nuit est le manteau des pauvres, Gallimard, 1949 • À tort ou à raison, Gallimard, 1955 • Le Soleil sur la terre, Gallimard, 1956 • Le Malheur d'aimer, Gallimard, 1958, Folio, 1974 • Léone et les siens, Gallimard, 1963 • La Dérobée, Gallimard, 1968 • La Traversée du pont des arts, Gallimard, 1979, Folio, 1983 • L'Ami lointain, Gallimard, 1987, Folio, 1990
Poetry
Poetry
• L'Enfance de l'Art, Alger 1942 • Clair comme le jour, 1943 • Aragon,1945 • Le bestiaire des amants, 1946 • La nuit est le manteau des pauvres, 1948 • Le Poète mineur, Gallimard, 1949 • L'Élegie des lieux communs, 1952 • La Chine dans un miroir, 1953 • Un seul poème, Gallimard, 1954 • Poésies, Poésie/Gallimard, 1953 • L'amour parle, 1953 • Jules Supervielle, 1964 • La Dérobée, 1968 • Enfantasques, poèmes et collages, Gallimard, 1974 • Nouvelles Enfantasques, poèmes et collages, Gallimard, 1978 • Sais-tu si nous sommes encore loin de la mer? Gallimard, 1979, Poésie/Gallimard, 1983 • À la lisière du temps, Gallimard, 1984 • Le Voyage d'automne, Gallimard, 1987 • Le Noir de l'aube, Gallimard, 1990 • Le Voleur de poèmes: Chine, 250 poèmes dérobés du chinois, Mercure de France, 1991 • Les Pas du silence, suivi de Poèmes en amont, Gallimard, 1993 • Poèmes à pas de loup, 1992-1996, Gallimard, 1997 • Hommage à Jules Verne, Gallimard, 1970
Life and career
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Life and career
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1915
Claude Roy born at 8th arrondissement of Paris.
1997
Claude Roy died at 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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8th arrondissement of Paris.
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6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Awards
• 1951 Fénéon Prize for Le poète mineur • 1969 Prix Valery Larbaud for his book Le verbe Aimer et autres essais • 1985 Prix Goncourt de la Poésie
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- 1.Kaplan, Alice. The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach. University of Chicago Press. 33–34. 2014.
- 2.Kirkup, James. Obituary: Claude Roy. The Independent. 15 December 1997.
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