Oran, France [now Algeria] | 1914-05-04 | 1995-02-22

Emmanuel Roblès (4 May 1914 in Oran, French Algeria – 22 February 1995 in Boulogne, Hauts-de-Seine) was a French author and playwright. He was elected a member of the Académie Goncourt in 1973. He was one of many influential "pied-noir" of his time. The literary award Prix Emmanuel Roblès has been established in his honour in 1990. Source: Article "Emmanuel Roblès" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.