Catherine Robbe-Grillet

Catherine Robbe- Grillet ( b. 1930 as Catherine Rstakian in Paris ) is a French writer, actress and photographer. Robbe- Grillet published under the pseudonyms Jean de Berg and Jeanne de Berg sadomasochistic literature.

Life and work

Robbe- Grillet attended elementary and high school in Paris. She was married from 1957 until his death in 2008, the writer and member of the Académie Française Alain Robbe- Grillet.

1956 Éditions de Minuit published in under the pseudonym of Jean de Berg Catherine Robbe- Grillet's sadomasochistic novel L' Image. The novel was filmed in 1976 by ​​Radley Metzger very original factory under the name of The Image. The film is also titled The Punishment of Anne. known. The novel contains a short preface, the PR is signed. The initials were partly interpreted as an indication of Pauline Reage, the pseudonym of Dominique Aury, the author of the Story of O. Others argue that Robbe- Grillet's husband Alain Robbe -Grillet wrote the foreword and the initials are a tribute to the important writer.

Under the pseudonym of Jeanne de Berg appeared in 1985 her work Cérémonies de femmes. This describes femdom experiences.

In 2004, she published under her own name Jeune mariée: Journal, 1957-1962, a description of the early years of their marriage.