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French writer, filmmaker and film critic
Jean Vautrin
Born Jean Herman
(1933-05-17 ) 17 May 1933Died 16 June 2015(2015-06-16) (aged 82) Occupation(s) Writer, film director/critic Years active 1958–2015
Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman , was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
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Life and career
After studying literature at
Auxerre , he took first place in the
Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the
University of Bombay ; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films.
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He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the
Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu .
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His novel Le Cri du Peuple was adapted as a
graphic novel by
Jacques Tardi .
Filmography
Assistant director
India, Terre Mère
Paris nous appartient
Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
Le Jour le plus long
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Director
Screenwriter
Actor
Novels
À bulletins rouges , 1973
Billy-Ze-Kick , 1974 - Novel adapted by Gérard Mordillat 1985
Mister Love , 1977
Typhon gazoline , 1977
Le Mensonge - Chronique des années de crise , 1978
Bloody-Mary , 1979
Groom , 1981
Canicule , 1982 - Novel adapted by
Yves Boisset 1984
La Vie Ripolin , 1987
Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu , 1989 Prix Goncourt
Symphonie Grabuge , 1994 Prix du roman populiste
Le Roi des ordures , 1997
Un monsieur bien mis , 1987
Le Cri du peuple , 1998
Prix Louis-Guilloux in 1999. Adapted as a graphic novel in four books by
Jacques Tardi in 2005.
L’homme qui assassinait sa vie , 2001
Le Journal de Louise B. , 2002
Four French Soldiers
Adieu la vie, adieu l’amour , 2004 [vol 1]
La Femme au gant rouge , 2004 [vol 2]
La grande zigouille , 2009 [vol 3]
Les années Faribole , 2012 [vol 4]
Novellas
1983 : Patchwork, Prix des Deux Magots 1984
1986 : Baby-boom, Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle 1986
1989 : Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint
1992 : Courage chacun
2005 : Si on s’aimait ?
2009 : Maîtresse Kristal et autres bris de guerre
Collaboration
Les Aventures de Boro, reporter photographe , with Dan Franck
La Dame de Berlin , 1987 - Novel adapted by Pierre Boutron 1991
Le Temps des cerises , 1990
Les Noces de Guernica , 1994
Mademoiselle Chat , 1996
Boro s’en va-t-en guerre , 2000
Cher Boro , 2005
La Fête à Boro , 2007
La Dame de Jérusalem , 2009
References
External links
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International National Academics People Other