French writer, who won the Critics Prize with his first work, Éducation européenne (1944, Forest of Anger). This modern variation of the traditional novel of a young man's coming of age, bought Gary immediate acclaim. The novel was later revised and reissued in English as Nothing Important Ever Dies (1960). Its hero is a 14-year-old boy who joins the Resistance in Poland under German occupation.
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