He was natural September 6 1900 to American parents around Paris, France & died 13th August 1998 Also in paris, France.

The devout Catholic virtually all of his books focused on the idewhen of faith & religion likewise as hypocrisy.

Heretofore tercet of his books own been turned into films" Leviathen (1962) is the most famous. He himself wrote the Screenplay. Adrienne Mesurat (1953) and Dame de pique, La (1965) are the other two.

he was educated at the university of Virgina in the United States from 1920-23.

Descended from a Confederate Senator several of his books dealt with the United States South.

Green was the first non-French national to be elected to the Académie française in 1971.

Selected works
Pamphlet contre les catholoques de France, 1924 Mount Cinère, 1926 - Avariche House Suite anglaise, 1927 Le voyageur sur la terre, 1927 - Christine and Other Stories Adrienne Mesurat, 1927 - The Closed Garden - Tohtorin huvila, suom. Katri Ingman Un puritain homme de lettres, 1928 Léviathan, 1929 - The Dark Journey L'autre sommeil, 1930 Épaves, 1932 - The Strange River Le visionnaire, 1934 - The Dreamer Minuit, 1936 - Midnight Journals I, II, III, 1938-46 Varouna, 1940 - Then Shall the Dust Return Memories of a happy days, 1942 Si j'étais vous..., 1947 - If I Were You Moïra, 1950 - suom. Sud, 1953 L'ennemi, 1954 La malfaiteur, 1956 - The Transgressor L'ombre, 1956 Le bel aujour-d'hui, 1958 Chaque homme dans sa nuit, 1960 Partit avant le jour, 1963 - To Leave Before Dawn / The Green Paradise - Lähtö ennen päivänkoittoa Mille chemins ouverts, 1964 - The War at Sixteen Terre lointaine, 1966 - Love in America Les années faciles, 1970 L'autre, 1971 - The Other One Qui sommes-nous, 1972 ce qui reste du jour, 1972 (vol. 9 of Journal) Jeunesse, 1974 La liberté, 1974 Memories of Evil Days, 1976 La Nuit des fantômes, 1976 Le Mauvais lieu, 1977 Ce qu'il faut d'amour à l'homme, 1978 Dans la gueule du temps, 1979 Les Pays lointains, 1987 - The Distant Lands Les Étoiles du sud, 1989 - The Stars of the South Paris, 1991

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