Alain Robbe-Grillet was regarded as the writer who came up with what became known as the "new novel" genre, and was widely known for his unorthodox narrative style.
Alain Robbe-Grillet’s novels such as Les Gommes (The Erasers) and Le Voyeur were very successful and regarded as an important contribution to French literature.
Alain Robbe-Grillet was born on 18 August 1922, in Brest and his father was an engineer. Alain Robbe-Grillet studied engineering too but went on to find fame as a writer.
Alain Robbe-Grillet was also considered part of the new wave of French cinema, and he was responsible for writing the screenplay for Alain Resnais' Last Year at Marienbad as well as making a number of films under his own name, including 1963's L'Immortelle (The Immortal), and 1966's Trans-Europ-Express.
