About
A French-American writer, he is known for works such as The Dark Journey, The Closed Garden, Moira, and Each Man in His Darkness. He also published a nineteen-volume diary and a four-volume autobiography.
Before Fame
He went to New York to work at the United States Office of War Information during World War II.
Trivia
He mostly wrote in French and was the first non-French national to be elected to the Académie française.
Family Life
He spent many years with his partner Robert de Saint-Jean.
Associated With
He worked with Yul Brynner while doing the radio broadcasts of Voice of America.
