Roger Vrigny (; 19 May 1920, Paris – 16 August 1997, Lille) was a 20th-century French writer.
Biography A professor, Roger Vrigny turned to theatre in 1950 by founding a small theatre company, "La Compagnie du Miroir", before devoting himself to literature with his first novel, Arban, in 1954. He began his literary career under the mentorship of the writer and poet Robert Mallet. He was also a radio broadcaster, hosting the program Belles Lettres on the ORTF in 1955, then Matinée littéraire on France Culture from 1966. For thirty years, he hosted various literary programs, the last of which was "Lettres Ouvertes", broadcast every Wednesday on France Culture. He was a member of the jury of the Prix Renaudot. Vrigny continued working as a novelist, essayist and publisher, and his work was marked by discretion and high standards.
In 1963, he won the Prix Femina for La Nuit de Mougins, and in 1989 he received the Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française for his lifetime achievement.
His final published work, Instants dérobés (Éditions Gallimard, 1996), was composed of extracts from the diary he kept between 1972 and 1991.
He died aged 77. He is buried in Picardy, in his adopted village of Wiry-au-Mont.
Works 1954: Arban, Gallimard 1956: Lauréna, Gallimard 1958: Barbégal, Gallimard 1963: La Nuit de Mougins, Prix Femina 1968: Fin de journée, Gallimard 1972: La vie brève, Gallimard 1974: Pourquoi cette joie ?, Gallimard 1979: Un ange passe, Gallimard 1983: Sentiments distingués, Éditions Grasset, Prix Dumas-Millier of the Académie française 1985: Accident de parcours, followed by Amour and Une tache sur la vitre, Gallimard 1988: Le bonhomme d'Ampère, Gallimard 1989: Sang Indien et autres nouvelles (Roger Vrigny wrote the preface of this collection) (La Découverte / Le Monde) Prix du jeune écrivain 1989. 1990: Les Cœurs sensibles, Gallimard 1990: Le besoin d'écrire, Grasset 1990: La Confession de Rousseau (theatre), Editions Actes Sud-Papiers 1994: Le Garçon d’orage, Gallimard 1996: Instants dérobés, Gallimard 1998: Ciel de lit et autres nouvelles, Mercure de France, collective work including texts by Roger Vrigny, Olivier Balazuc, François-Xavier Molia, Rodolfo Pinto...
Adaptations 1983: by after Franz Kafka 1989: 1996: Roger Vrigny's novel Le Garçon d’orage was adapted for television by Jérôme Foulon with Daniel Russo as Marcellin Vincent Lecœur as Willie Véronique Silver as Germaine François Berléand as Le Boîteux
Script 1999: by Roger Kahane
External links Roger Vrigny on Babelio Roger Vrigny, la mort d'un humaniste au regard perçant on L'Humanité (18 August 1997) Roger Vrigny La Vie brève on INA.fr (29 September 1972) Roger Vrigny on the site of the Académie française