Jean Vautrin
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Jean Vautrin, (real name Jean Herman) (born 17 May 1933 Pagny-sur-Moselle is a French writer, filmmaker, and screenwriter.[1]
Life
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.[2]
An inventive writer, his early works are thrillers carried by rich language and warm spirit. His talent as a screenwriter can be seen both in his dialogue and his description of a scene.
He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel A major step towards God.[3] He also won the 1986 Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle for Baby-boom.
In 1987, with writer Dan Franck, he created a press photographer character with a big heart called Boro (the "model" most likely was Robert Capa).
Filmography
Assistant director
- India, Terre Mère
- Paris nous appartient
- Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
- Le Jour le plus long[4]
Director
- 1967 : Le Dimanche de la vie
- 1968 : Adieu l'ami
- 1969 : Jeff
Screenwriter
- 1979 : Flic ou voyou, directed by Georges Lautner
- 1981 : Garde à vue, directed by Claude Miller
Actor
- 1983 : Le Marginal, directed by Jacques Deray
Novels
- À bulletins rouges, 1973
- Billy-Ze-Kick, 1974
- Mister Love, 1977
- Typhon gazoline, 1977
- Bloody-Mary, 1979 - Novel adapted by Jean Teulé 1984
- Groom, 1981 :
- Canicule, 1982
- 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
- 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, Octobre 2009 [vol 3]
Non-Fiction
- 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, photographer Dan Franck
- La Dame de Berlin, 1987
- 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
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