Romain Gary (1914980) was a prominent French writer of Russian origin, a man of unusual and tragic fate, one of the most popular phenomena in modern French prose. The sensation was published shortly after the suicide of the writer's death confession, exposing an unprecedented literary hoax, as a result of which Romain Gary was the only winner of two Goncourt awards in the world. The basis of this edition was two novels of the writer (“The roots of the sky”, “Life ahead”), awarded this high award, as well as a farewell essay, revealing the secret of the authorship of works written under the pseudonym Emile Ajar .. Romain Gary. Vie et mort d'Emil Ajar . 1979. Translated from French by Irina Kuznetsova . Romain Gary . Featured. Polaris Publishing Company . Riga . 1994.