Writing · Author · Writer · Dialogue
Born Aug 28, 1915 · Paris, France
Active 1946–1997 · Awards: Fénéon Prize for literature, Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL, Prix Goncourt de la Poésie, Prix Guillaume Apollinaire, Prix France Culture, Prix Littéraire Valery Larbaud
Claude Roy (28 August 1915 – 13 December 1997) was a French poet and essayist. He was born and died in Paris. After the fall of France during World War II, Roy was captured as a prisoner of war.