A French classic with Russian roots, a military pilot and a brilliant diplomat, Romain Gary (real name Roman Katsev) is the only writer who received the Goncourt Prize twice: the first time in 1956 as Gary, the second in 1975 as Emile Ajar .. Gary refused to accept the second award and kept the secret of the never-existing “Ajara” while he was alive. He revealed this hoax only on the day of his suicide in 1980, sending the publisher a text titled “The Life and Death of Emile Ajar”. Publishing one after another “Azhar” books, he continued to be printed as Romain Gary .. The Light of a Woman (1977) is one of his most famous and poignant novels about the clash of love with death. The novel formed the basis of the film of the famous Costa Gavras, the main roles were played by Yves Montand and Romy Schneider.