August 18, 1922-
February 18, 2008


"Born in Brest, Finistère, France into a family of engineers and scientists. He was trained as an agricultural engineer and finished his studies at the National Institute of Agronomy in 1944. Later, he worked as an agronomist in Martinique. Either at university or while in Martinique, he studied the diseases of banana trees. Alain Robbe-Grillet was elected a member of the Académie française on March 25, 2004."
Biography Adapted from the Art and Popular Culture wiki


L'Immortelle, 1963

Trans-Europ-Express, 1966

L'Homme qui ment (The Man Who Lies), 1968

L'Eden et après (Eden and After), 1971

N a pris les dés... (N Took the Dice), 1971
Re-edited version of L'Eden et après produced for French television.

Glissements progressifs du plaisir (The Progressive Slidings of Pleasure), 1974 [REVIEW]

Le Jeu avec le feu (Playing With Fire), 1975

La Belle Captive, 1983 [REVIEW]

Un bruit qui rend fou (The Blue Villa), 1995 [REVIEW]
Co-directed by Dimitri de Clercq

Gradiva (It's Gradiva Who is Calling You), 2006

L'Année dernière à Marienbad (Last Year at Marienbad), 1961
Directed by Alain Resnais, Written by Alain Robbe-Grillet

Taxandria, 1994
Directed by Raoul Servais, co-written by Alain Robbe-Grillet

In the Labyrinthe (Robert Lrikala, 1962)
12 Minutes. Distributed by Film-Makers Cooperative. New York.

Les Gommes (Lucien Deroisy, 1969)
French/Belgian Co-production. 90 Minutes.
Adapted and written by Rene Micha.
Starring Francoise Brion.

La Jalousie (Klaus Kieschner,1972)
Produced for German Televesion

Les deux chambres distantes et/ou les deux chambres discretes
(Kunihiko Nakagawa, 1975)
Japan. After the story "La Chambre secrete" (The Secret Room)

Un reportage sur les activites picturales d'Alain Robbe-Grillet
est realise a New York par Naoyo Yoda
(1975)

La plage a distance (Kunihiko Nakagawa, 1977)
After the story "La Plage."

La Chambre secrete (J. F. Urrusti, 1978)
London International film school.

Djinn (Eliane Lima, 1999)
Available to view on Google Video



Only books available translated into English are listed here

The Erasers (1951)
Les Gommes
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1964.

The Voyeur (1955)
Le Voyeur
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1958.

Jealousy (1957)
La Jalousie
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1959.

In the Labyrinth (1959)
Dans le labyrinths
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1960.
Translated by Christine Brooke-Rose. London: Calder and Boyars, 1967.

Snapshots (1962)
Instantanes
Translated by Bruce Morrissette. New York: Grove Press, 1965.

For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction (1963)
Pour un noveau roman
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1965.

La Maison de Rendez-Vous (1965)
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1966.

Project for a Revolution in New York (1970)
Projet pour une revolution a New York
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 1972.

Dreams of Young Girls (1971)
Reves de jeunes filles
Text by Robbe-Grillet; photographs by David Hamilton.
Translated by Elizabeth Walter. London: COllins, 1980.

Sisters (1972)
Les démoiselles d'Hamilton
Text by Robbe-Grillet; photographs by David Hamilton.
Translated by Martha Egan. New York: Morrow, 1973.

La Belle Captive, with Rene Magritte (1976)
Translated with an essay by Ben Stoltzfus. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.

Topology of a Phantom City (1975)
Topologie d'une cité fantôme
Translated by J. A. Underwood. New York: Grove Press, 1977.

Recollections of the Golden Triangle (1978)
Souvenirs du triangle d'or
Translated by J.A. Underwood. New York: Grove Press, 1984.

Djinn (1981)
Djinn: un trou rouge entre les pavés disjoints
Translated by Yvone Lenard and Walter Wells. New YorK: Grove Press, 1982.

Ghosts in the Mirror (1985)
Le miroir qui revient
Translated by Jo Levy. New York: Grove Press, 1991.

Repetition (2001)
La Reprise
Translated by Richard Howard. New York: Grove Press, 2004

For an intensely detailed biography, check out the Alain Robbe-Grillet Bibliography at Halfaya.org


Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies 1956-1984
Cathal Tohill & Pete Tombs

Contains a chapter dedicated to the films of Robbe-Grillet, including and excellent, rare stills.



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Immoral Tales: European Sex & Horror Movies, 1956-1984

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The Erotic Dream Machine: Interviews with Alain Robbe-Grillet on His Films
Anthony N. Fragola & Roch C. Smith

As the title implies, this is a book length interview with Alain Robbe-Grillet about his films. He discusses all of his films in detail and reveals a charming personality to boot.

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Erotic Dream Machine