Roland Topor | |
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Born | Paris, France | 7 January 1938
Died | 16 April 1997 Paris, France | (aged 59)
Occupation | Illustrator, cartoonist, painter, playwright, designer, painter, animator, fiction writer, actor, film and TV script writer |
Period | 1964–1997 |
Genre | Satire, Surrealism |
Literary movement | Panic Movement |
Notable works | The Tenant |
Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor,[1] who was known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish-Jewish origin. His parents were Jewish émigrés from Warsaw, Poland.[2] He spent the early years of his life in Savoy, where his family hid him from the Gestapo.[1]