Emmanuel Robles (1914–1995) is a famous French novelist and playwright, a member of the Goncourt Academy. The collection includes his novels: “This is called the dawn”, which tells about romantic love developing against the backdrop of a detective plot, “A Sea Walk” - about a participant in World War II who cannot find a place for himself in peaceful life, and “Once Upon a Spring in Italy” - an emotional story about the joint struggle of Italian and French anti-fascists. The novel “This Is Called Dawn” was filmed by the outstanding director Luis Bunuel.