Claude Roy

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1915-08-28

Deathday 1997-12-13 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Paris, France

Claude Roy

Biography

Claude Roy (28 August 1915 – 13 December 1997) was a French poet and essayist. He was born and died in Paris. 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. Source: Article "Claude Roy (poet)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Writer

2018
The Lost Garden

as Author

2018
An Instant

as Writer

1960
Le Sourire

as Dialogue

1959
1959
Escale

as Writer

1954
Picasso

as Writer

1952

Actor

1975
Apostrophes

as Self

1971
Samedi soir

as Self

1946
Reunion

as Narrator (voice)

1938
Boys' School

as Le petit garçon à la tortue

Producer

2018
The Real Thing

as Administration