Roger Nimier
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Roger Nimier (1925-1962) is a French novelist.
[edit] Life
He was born in 1925, and served in the French Army, specifically in the 2nd Hussard Regiment in the Second World War (Until 1945).[1] He began to write quite early in his life. His first novel, Les Épées (The Swords) was published in 1948, when he was only 23.
He was the leader of a literary group which included notably Antoine Blondin, Michel Déon and Jacques Laurent, forerunners of the Nouveau Roman movement[citation needed] who called themselves the Hussards, and were opposed to existentialism. He was opposed to the figure of the "engaged writer" symbolized by Jean-Paul Sartre. His most famous work is considered to be Le Hussard bleu published in 1950.[2] Nimier also wrote in monarchist review La Nation française.
He also worked with director Louis Malle on the screenplay for Malle's 1958 film Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.
[edit] Published Works
- Les Épées (1948)
- Perfide (1950?)
- Le hussard bleu (1950)
- Les Enfants tristes (1951)
- Histoire d’un amour (1953)
