Jacques Perret (writer)

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For the 16th-century architect and mathematician from Savoy, see Jacques Perret

Jacques Perret (September 8, 1901 - December 10, 1992) was a French writer best known for his novel Le Caporal Épinglé (1947), which tells the story of his captivity in Germany and of his escape attempts. This novel would later be adapted into a film by famous French director Jean Renoir in 1962. Perret was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954).

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1964 Preface to Rabelais's Pantagruel, Gallimard
1965 Rapport sur le paquet de gris, Aspects de la France
1979 Preface to Alexandre Vialatte's C'est ainsi qu'Allah est grand, Julliard
1964 Trois pièces (Maximilien, Monsieur Georges, Caracalla), Editions Gallimard (plays)
1989 Les collectionneurs, Le Dilettante
1991 Articles de sport, Julliard
1992 Comme Baptiste...ou les tranquillisants à travers les âges, Le Dilettante
1996 François, Alfred, Gustave et les autres, Le Dilettante
2004 L'aventure en bretelles, followed by Un Blanc chez les Rouges, Le Dilettante
2005 Chroniques, Arcadia Editions