Roger Ikor | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
Roger Ikor (28 May 1912 – 17 November 1986) was a French writer, winner of thePrix Goncourt in 1955. He was born inParis.
Roger was of aJewish ancestry.[1] He was a student and professor of literature at theLycee Condorcet and theLycée Pasteur inNeuilly-sur-Seine. In June 1940, he was takenprisoner of war, and was sent toPomerania.
Les eaux mêlées (1955), which won theGoncourt Prize the same year, and which forms withThe Spring Graft, adiptych titledSons of Avrom, tells the story of a Jewish family that settled in France, and was bound by blood with a non-Jewish French family. Spanning three generations, the story describes the relationship the family developed with their new homeland.
One of Ikor's sons had joined aZencult, against his father's wishes, and committed suicide. In response, Ikor founded, in 1981, theCentre contre les manipulations mentales (also known as the Centre Roger-Ikor), whose aim was to protect individuals from religious cults.[2][3]
