French writer, filmmaker and film critic
Jean Vautrin |
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| Born | Jean Herman
(1933-05-17)17 May 1933
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| Died | 16 June 2015(2015-06-16) (aged 82)
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| Occupation(s) | Writer, film director/critic |
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| Years active | 1958–2015 |
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Jean Vautrin (17 May 1933 – 16 June 2015), real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.[2]
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.[3]
He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu.[4]
His novel ‘Le Cri du Peuple’ was adapted as a graphic novel by Jacques Tardi.
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
