Romain Gary, also known by the pen name Émile Ajar, was a Lithuanian-born French novelist, diplomat, film director, and military aviator. He is the only author to have won the Prix Goncourt twice. He is considered a major writer of French literature of the second half of the 20th century.
- Occupation
- film director, screenwriter, diplomat, translator
- Citizenship
- France, Russian Empire, Second Polish Republic
- Born
- May 8, 1914, May 21, 1914, 1914