Jean Ricardou, who, in addition to his well-known theoretical works — Problèmes du Nouveau Roman (1967), Pour une théorie du Nouveau Roman (1971), Le Nouveau Roman (1973), Nouveaux problèmes du roman (1978) — also published several nouveaux romans himself: L’Observatoire de Cannes (1961), La Prise de Constantinople (1965, Feneon prize for literature in 1966), Les Lieux-dits, petit guide d’un voyage dans le livre (1969). Besides his own writing, he organized, directed and published the acts of several conferences on the nouveau roman, including the famous 1971 conference and debate at Cerisy, published in two volumes: Nouveau roman : hier, aujourd’hui, indispensable for an understanding of the history of that important period of French literature. Just before his demise in 2016, he was working on a book of interviews with Amir Biglari, in which he provides a complete, precise and objective account of the nouveau roman movement. Authors in the style of the Nouveau Roman Samuel Beckett Alain Robbe-Grillet Nathalie Sarraute Claude Simon Michel Butor Jean Ricardou Marguerite Duras Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio (until the 1970s) Philippe Sollers Jean Cayrol Robert Pinget Other writers associated with the style of Nouveau Roman are: Gérard Bessette Maurice Blanchot Italo Calvino Jean Cayrol Julio Cortázar Tony Duvert Jacques Godbout Maude Hutchins Claude Mauriac Claude Ollier Georges Perec The Nouveau Roman and the Left Bank The Nouveau Roman style also left its mark on the screen as writers Marguerite Duras and Alain Robbe-Grillet became involved with the Left Bank film movement (often labelled as part of the French New Wave). Their collaboration with director Alain Resnais resulted in critical successes such as Hiroshima mon amour (1958) and Last Year at Marienbad (1961). They would later go on to direct their own films. Influenced by these films French courses in North America during the 1960s and 1970s often included works by Nouveau Roman authors such as Alain Robbe-Grillet's La Jalousie (1957), Michel Butor's La Modification (1957), Nathalie Sarraute's Le Planetarium (1957) and Marguerite Duras' Moderato Cantabile (1958). The Nouveau Roman in Quebec, Canada The Nouveau Roman influenced French-language writers in Quebec such as Jacques Godbout and Gerard Bessette. The Canadian-born French writer Nancy Huston declared that she began writing in direct reaction to the stark style of the Nouveau Roman in Nord Perdu (1999). (See Joseph Pivato, nouveau roman) See also French literature Francophone literature List of French language authors Antinovel References Bibliography Bernard Luscans, La