Creator Bio
Nathalie Sarraute
1900–1999
Russian-born Nathalie Sarraute, who lived most of her life in France, was a writer of novels, plays, and essays on literary theory. She was a major theorist for the French “New Novel” movement, and received the Formentor Prize, the Prix Internationale de Litterature, the Grand Prix National, and the Prix Cavour.
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Childhood
Adèle sometimes used to take me to church in Montrouge, where I made the same gestures as she did…gestures which didn’t seem to me to be very different from those required by pure politeness…the hand…