Sarraute, Nathalie Syllabification: (Sar·raute, Nathalie)Pronunciation: /säˈrōt/Definition of Sarraute, Nathalie (1902–99), French writer; born in Russia; born Nathalie Ilyanova Tcherniak. Her novels included Portrait of a Man Unknown (1947) and Martereau (1953). Some of her essays are collected in The Age of Suspicion (1956).