Background
Roger was born on May 28, 1912, in Paris, France. He was the son of Leon and Rosalie (Schimanovitz) Ikor. Robert was of Jewish ancestry.
Lycee Condorcet, Paris, France
Roger attended Lycee Condorcet in Paris.
Lycee Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
Roger attended Lycee Louis-le-Grand in Paris.
Ecole normale supérieure, Paris, France
Roger attended Ecole normale supérieure in Paris.
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Roger Ikor
Roger Ikor
Award-Winning Writers Georges Govy and Roger Ikor.
Roger was born on May 28, 1912, in Paris, France. He was the son of Leon and Rosalie (Schimanovitz) Ikor. Robert was of Jewish ancestry.
Roger attended Lycee Condorcet in Paris, Lycee Louis-le-Grand in Paris, and Ecole normale supérieure, also in Paris.
Roger started to work at Lycee Mistral, Avignon, France as a professor during 1937-39. In June 1940, he was taken prisoner of war and was sent to Pomerania. Later, he was a teacher at Lycee Condorcet, Paris, France during 1959-69.
He wrote his first work in 1955, it was Les Eaux melees.
In Moliere double (1977), Ikor examines the life and works of French actor and playwright Moliere. Ikor tries to analyze the different components of Moliere’s plays by exploring the troubled times of seventeenth-century French society. Moliere double, however, was criticized by Karolyn Waterson as being “uneven,” and “inconsistent,” thus failing to realize its potential.
Ikor’s L’Eternite derriere, published in 1980, focuses on the problem of how society deals with its senior citizens.
Ikor was a moderate socialist.
Roger was a member of League against Racism and Anti-Semitism, Writers Union, Rationalist Union, Friends of Emile Zola.
Quotes from others about the person
Charles Mackey, writing in the French Review, commented on Ikofs accomplishments: “Over the years Roger Ikor has written a considerable number of perceptive works in several genres that reflect his humanistic concerns with some of the problems of this tortured century.”
On October 20, 1947, Roger married Andrée Bentz. They had five children: Richard, Olivier, Laurent, Alain, Vincent. One of Ikor's sons had joined a Zen sect, against his father's wishes, and committed suicide.