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    Who is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice (under his own name and under a pseudonym)?

    Question #125129. Asked by author. (Feb 15 12 5:45 PM)


    serpa

    		Although the award may only be given to an author once, Romain Gary won it twice, in 1956 for Les racines du ciel and again under the pseudonym Émile Ajar in 1975 for La vie devant soi. The Académie Goncourt awarded the prize to Ajar without knowing his real identity. A period of literary intrigue followed. Gary's cousin's son Paul Pavlowitch posed as the author for a time. Gary later revealed the truth in his posthumous book Vie et mort d'Émile Ajar.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix_Goncourt

    Feb 15 12, 5:50 PM

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