Writer, born in Ivanova, W Russia. Her parents settled in France when she was a child, and she studied at the Sorbonne, at Oxford, and in Berlin before becoming a member of the French bar (192641). Her first book was a collection of sketches on bourgeois life, Tropismes (1939, Tropisms), in which she rejected traditional plot development. Known and widely translated as the leading theorist of the nouveau roman (new novel), she developed her views in such novels as Portrait d'un Inconnu (1947, Portrait of a Man Unknown), Le Planétarium (1959, The Planetarium), and Les Fruits d'or (1963, The Golden Fruits). Later works include Collected Plays (1981), Tu ne t'aimes pas (1989, You Don't Love Yourself), and ICI (1995).
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Nathalie Sarraute (French IPA: [nata'li sa'ʀot]) (born July 18, 1900 in Ivanovo, Russia - died October 19, 1999 in Paris, France) was a lawyer and a Francophone writer of Russian origin. The novel only drew notice from literary insiders, as did her following novel Martereau.
Sarraute was awarded the Prix international de littérature for her novel The Golden Fruits in 1963. Sarraute's primary emphasis is on the faithful depiction of psychological phenomena, as in The Golden Fruits, a novella consisting of characters' inner thoughts and public argument regarding an avant-garde novel, and The Planetarium (1959), a novel focusing on a young man's obsession with inheriting his aunt's apartment.
In contrast to the relative difficulty of Sarraute's novels, her memoir Childhood is considered a far easier read, and was adapted into a Broadway play starring Glenn Close.
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