Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.

Novelist, film director, World War II pilot and diplomat                          

Selected Works:

As Romain Gary:

Education européenne  - 1945; translated as A European Education
Tulipe  - 1946; republished and modified in 1970.
Le grand vestiaire  - 1949; translated as "The Company Of Men, 1950
Les couleurs du jour  - 1952; translated as The Colors of the Day, 1953
Les racines du ciel - 1956 Prix Goncourt; translated  - and filmed as The Roots of Heaven, 1958
Lady L.  - 1957; translated and published in French in 1963.
La promesse de l'aube  - 1960; translated as Promise at Dawn, 1961
Johnie Coeur  - 1961, a theatre adaptation of "L'homme a la colombe"
Gloire à nos illustres pionniers  - 1962, short stories; translated as Hissing Tales  - 1964
The Ski Bum  - 1965  - French transl. Adieu Gary Cooper, 1969
Pour Sganarelle  - 1965, literary essay
Les Mangeurs d'Etoiles  - 1966; translated and first published as The Talent Scout  - 1961
La danse de Gengis Cohn  - 1967; translated as The Dance of Genghis Cohn
La tête coupable  - 1968; translated as The Guilty Head - 1969
Chien blanc  - 1970; translated as White Dog, the basis for the 1982 film White Dog
Les trésors de la Mer Rouge  - 1971
Europa - 1972 translated in English in 1978.
The Gasp  - 1973; translated as Charge d'ame - 1978
Les enchanteurs  - 1973; translated as The Enchanters - 1975
La nuit sera calme  - 1974, interview
Au-delà de cette limite votre ticket n'est plus valable  - 1975; translated as "Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid", 1977.
Clair de femme  - 1977
La bonne moitié  - 1979, theatre
Les clowns lyriques  - 1979; new version of the 1952 novel, "Les couleurs du jour"  - The Colors of the Day
Les cerfs-volants  - 1980
Vie et mort d'Émile Ajar  - 1981, posthumous
L'homme à la colombe  - 1984, definitive posthumous version
L'affaire homme  - 2005, articles and interviews
L'orage  - 2005, short stories and unfinished novels

As Émile Ajar:

Gros câlin  - 1974
La vie devant soi - 1975 Prix Goncourt; translated as Momo and filmed as Madame Rosa, re-released as "The Life Before Us"  - 1986.
Pseudo  - 1976
L'Angoisse du roi Salomon  - 1979; translated as "King Solomon"  - 1983.
Gros câlin  - 2007- new version including final chapter of the original and never published version.

As Fosco Sinibaldi:
L'homme à la colombe - 1958

As Shatan Bogat:
Les têtes de Stéphanie - 1974

Filmography: As director - 
Les oiseaux vont mourir au Pérou - 1968
Kill - 1971

As screenwriter:
The Roots of Heaven - 1958
The Longest Day - 1962.                          

Mother Nina Owczinski
Father Arieh-Leib Kacew                          

Changed his name to Romain Gary when he escaped occupied France to fight with Great Britain against Germany in WWII.