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===Early life===
Vian was born in 1920 into an [[upper-middle-class]] family in the wealthy Parisian suburb of [[Ville d'Avray]]. His parents were Paul Vian, a young [[wikt:rentier|rentier]], and Yvonne Ravenez, amateur pianist and harpist. From his father, Vian inherited a distrust of the church and the military, as well as a love of the bohemian life. Vian was the second of four children: the others were Lélio (1918–1984), Alain (1921–1995) and Ninon (1924–2003). The family occupied the ''Les Fauvettes'' villa. The name "Boris" was chosen by Yvonne, an avid classical music lover, after seeing a performance of [[Modest Mussorgsky|Mussorgsky]]'s opera ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]''.<ref>[http://www.marcosymarcos.com/recensioni_schiuma_dei_giorni.htm Boris Vian: La schiuma dei giorni.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702081710/http://www.marcosymarcos.com/recensioni_schiuma_dei_giorni.htm |date=2 July 2017 }} marcosymarcos.com. Retrieved 18 August 2014. {{in lang|it}}</ref>

Boris' later childhood was also marked with sickness as he suffered from [[rheumatic fever]] when he was 12. From then on, his parents became overprotective toward him, and he would later judge them harshly for this in ''[[L'Herbe rouge]]'' and ''[[L'Arrache-coeur]]''.{{cn|date=November 2022}}