Albert Vidalie

Albert Vidalie
Born 4 August 1882
Châtillon
Died 27 April 1930(1930-04-27) (aged 47)
Paris
Occupation Novelist
Screenwriter
Songwriter

Albert Vidalie (25 May 1913 – 8 June 1971) was a French writer, screenwriter, and songwriter.

Biography

Vidalie was the son of Jeanne Deshayes, a stitcher, born à La Ville-du-Bois in the Hurepoix and Jean-Baptiste Vidalie, a printing worker, born in Mauriac, Cantal. He married Madeleine Constantin in 1936, with whom he had three daughters, Colette (1937), Danièle (1946-1948) and Isabelle (1951).

From the age of 12 he made small trades until the 39/45 war during which he was held prisoner 5 years in Neusalz on Oder in Silesia. After the war, the Radiodiffusion française sought memories and poems of prisoners. He introduced himself and thanks to two poems in slang language, he became assistant of radio series and wrote scenarios and adaptations put on air.

He also worked as a journalist for the newspaper France Dimanche.

Between 1952 and 1968, he published 9 novels and short stories.

He also attended the post-war Saint-Germain-des-Prés, his friends were Roger Nimier, Kléber Haedens, Paul Guimard, and of course Antoine Blondin, the godfather of his daughters. He was also close to Pierre Mac Orlan, Jean Giono, Georges Arnaud etc.

He wrote cabaret shows played at the cabaret de la Rose Rouge, the Théâtre La Bruyère, at the Fontaine des 4 saisons, a cabaret directed by Pierre Prévert and wrote screenplays and dialogues for the cinema, adaptations or original texts.

He was a lyricist of songs whose best known was Les loups sont entrés dans Paris created by Serge Reggiani in 1967.

At the end of his life he wrote 2 screenplays for television serials, the second of which, Mandrin, will not be released until after his death.

He lived in Châtillon during his first 23 years then Fontenay-aux-Roses, then in the Luberon ar Reillanne near Manosque close his friend Jean Giono and finished his life in the 14th arrondissement of Paris.

Albert Vidalie was not born to frequent worldly bistros, but to live among men built by God, that is, frank or treacherous as those who are always ready to pay cash.
— Pierre Mac Orlan, preface to the Bijoutiers du clair de lune, Ed. Club de la femme, 1954

Bibliography

Novels and collections of short stories

Theatre

Scripts

He wrote the scripts for:

Songs

Souvenir

References

  1. ↑ Cf. Bases de données de l'Association de la Régie Théâtrale accessdate = 8 Frebruary 2017.
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