Roger Vailland

Roger Vailland
Caricature of Roger Vailland
Caricature of Roger Vailland
Born(1907-10-16)16 October 1907
Acy-en-Multien, Oise
Died12 May 1965(1965-05-12) (aged 57)
Meillonnas, Ain
Pen nameGeorges Omer, Robert François, Etienne Merpin, Frédéric Roche
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • screenwriter
LanguageFrench
Literary movementSurrealism
Draft of a letter to André Breton, 1948, about the Cadavre exquis, surrealist method for artist and writers (with translation).

Roger Vailland (16 October 1907 – 12 May 1965) was a French novelist, essayist, and screenwriter.