Because of the war, Le Clézio did not meet his father, Raoul, till he was eight.
Before the war, Le Corbusier's work was sleek, smooth, right-angled, rational.
"Francesca Zambello takes us to the center of the horrors of war," Le Figaro's music critic, Pierre-Petit, wrote.
Then in 1979, a decade before the end of the Cold War, le Carre brought down the curtain on this world with the publication of the last Smiley book, "Smiley's People".
Banned in France for its depiction of torture and brutality during the Algerian war, "Le Petit Soldat" (1960, 88 minutes) stars Anna Karina in her first role and Michel Subor as a French agent and assassin.
But what begins as a sort of cold war le Carré tale about a spy (and the psychology of spying) soon mutates into something else: a tricky postmodern entertainment that features, in the role of Serena's lover, a writer who bears more than passing resemblance to the younger Mr. McEwan himself.
It was brave story to tell in a France torn apart by war; Le Corbeau was pulled from cinemas, Clouzot was fired from the Nazi-owned Continental studios and, after the war, received a lifetime ban (rescinded in 1947) from the French film industry for working with the Nazis.
Since the end of the Cold War, le Carré has increasingly drawn his players not from the corridors or smoky pubs of power but from the amateur ranks — the tyros and the patsies who are leaned upon to answer power's bidding.
The Artist and Poliss will compete alongside The Minister, Declaration of War, Le Havre and Untouchable in the best film category.
Set during the Cold War, Le Carre's 1974 novel tells of a retired MI6 agent drawn back into the world of espionage.
During the Second World War Le Mesurier was posted to British India, as a captain with the Royal Tank Regiment.
