Novelist, diplomat, and the only writer to win the Prix Goncourt twice — once under his own name and once under a pseudonym. Jean Seberg's husband from 1962 to 1970.
Romain Gary enters these pages through Jean Seberg: her husband from 1962 to 1970, father of her son, and — after her death in 1979 — the man who called a press conference to blame the FBI's campaign for her destruction. He shot himself in Paris in December 1980. His own page, the double Goncourt and the Émile Ajar affair included, is queued for the literary shelves, where he independently belongs.
Collaborated with · 1968
Beyond the marriage, Gary wrote and directed Seberg in two feature films, Birds Come to Die in Peru (1968) and Kill! (1971) — a working partnership alongside the 1962–1970 marriage.
Married to · 1962–1970
Married in October 1962 — some sources say 1963, because the marriage was kept quiet at first — after the July birth of their son Alexandre Diego. Divorced in 1970. After her death Gary publicly blamed the FBI's campaign for her decline.
Collaborated with · 1968
Beyond the marriage, Gary wrote and directed Seberg in two feature films, Birds Come to Die in Peru (1968) and Kill! (1971) — a working partnership alongside the 1962–1970 marriage.
Married to · 1962–1970
Married in October 1962 — some sources say 1963, because the marriage was kept quiet at first — after the July birth of their son Alexandre Diego. Divorced in 1970. After her death Gary publicly blamed the FBI's campaign for her decline.