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Roger Vrigny
Writing
19 May 1920
† 16 Aug 1997
Paris, France
Biography
Roger Vrigny (19 May 1920, Paris – 16 August 1997, Lille) was a 20th-century French writer. A professor, Roger Vrigny turned to the theater in 1950 by founding a small company ("La Compagnie du Miroir"), before devoting himself to literature with his first novel, Arban, in 1954. He entered literature under the aegis of the writer and poet Robert Mallet. Also a radio personality, Roger Vrigny hosted the program Belles Lettres on the ORTF in 1955, then the Matinée littéraire on France Culture fro...

