Jules Roy

Jules Roy ( born October 22, 1907 in Rovigo, Algeria, † June 15, 2000 in Vezelay, France) was a French writer.

Life

Roy studied theology. After graduating, he decided, however, to be a professional soldier. First, he was an infantryman, he trained to become pilots. In 1943 he went to Britain to fly attacks to Germany with the free French aviator units. After that he went as a lieutenant colonel to Indochina. In 1953 he left the army to devote himself first on his estate in Bayonne livestock.

Even in his youth Roy was active as a writer. His first novel he published in 1943 under the title " Ciel et Terre ". In 1945 he joined the staff of the magazine founded by Albert Camus "Combat".

He became famous in 1946 with " La Vallee heureuse " ( in German in 1946 " The Happy Valley "). In the spring of 1960 Roy traveled for weeks by Algeria. The result of the trip was the report " La guerre d' Algerie ". In this report, he demanded that the Algerian War through direct negotiations with the Algerian " National Liberation Front" ( FLN) should be stopped. In 1963 he published his report " La Bataille de Dien Bien Phu ", in which he described the French defeat in Southeast Asia. In 1980 finished novel " Les chevaux du soleil " Roy presented the French rule in Algeria - this six-volume novel served as the basis for the 1981 broadcast twelve -part television series The sun horses.

More Releases

• Passion de Saint- Exupery 1964
• J'accuse de general Massu 1972
• Une affair d' honneur in 1983
• Memoires babares 1989
• Vezelay ou l' amour fou 1990
• Rostropovich, Gainsbourg et Dieu in 1992

Awards

• Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
• Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
• Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
• Theophraste - Renaudot Prize 1946
• Grand prix de Monaco 1957 litteraire
• Grand Prix National des Lettres in 1969
• Grand Prix de la Ville de Paris in 1975