Emmanuel Roblès (4 May 1914 in

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

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– 22 February 1995 in Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French author and playwright. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. He was one of many influential '' pieds-noirs'' of his time. The Prix Emmanuel Roblès

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was established in his honour in 1990.

Selected bibliography

* ''La Vallée du paradis'' (1940) * ''Travail d'homme'' (1942) * ''La Marie des quatres vents'' (1942), short story * ''Nuits sur le monde'' (1944), short stories * ''L'Action'' (1946) * ''Les Hauteurs de la ville'' (1948), winner of the

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* ''Montserrat'' (1948), play * ''La Mort en face'' (1951), short stories * ''Cela s'appelle l'aurore'' (1952) * ''Federica'' (1954) * ''Les Couteaux'' (1956), novel about Mexico * ''L'Homme d'Avril'' (1959), short stories (title story about Japan) * ''Le Vésuve'' (1961) * ''Jeunes saisons'' (1961), autobiography * ''La Remontée du fleuve'' (1962) * ''La Croisière'' (1968) * ''Un Printemps d'Italie'' (1970) * ''L'Ombre et la rive'' (1972), short stories * ''Saison violente'' (1974) * ''Un Amour sans fin'' (1976) * ''Les Sirènes'' (1977) * ''L'Arbre invisible'' (1979) * ''Venise en hiver'' (1981) * ''La chasse à la licorne'' (1985) * ''Norma, ou, L'Exil infini'' (1988) * ''Albert Camus et la trêve civile'' (1988), criticism * ''Les Rives du fleuve bleu'' (1990), short stories * ''Cristal des jours'' (1990), poetry * ''L'Herbe des ruines'' (1992) * ''Erica'' (1994), short stories * ''Camus, frère de soleil'' (1995), biography

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