Pierre La Mure
Pierre La Mure (15 June 1899, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes - 1976, California) was a French author. He wrote the 1950 novel Moulin Rouge about the life of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This book was the basis of the classic 1952 movie of the same name.[1] La Mure also wrote the book Beyond Desire about the life of Cécile and Felix Mendelssohn[2] and the biographical novel "Claire de Lune" on the life and struggles of French composer Claude Debussy, published in 1962.[3]
Bibliography
- John D. Rockefeller (1937)
- Gongs in the Night, Reaching the Tribes of French Indo-China (1943)
- Moulin Rouge; a novel based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (American edition 1950)
- Beyond Desire: A Novel Based on the Life of Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn (1955), ISBN 0871402068
- Clair de lune,: A novel about Claude Debussy (1962)
- The private life of Mona Lisa (1975), ISBN 0316513008
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15 June 1899 |
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1976 |
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