Jean Vautrin Explained
| Jean Vautrin |
| Birthname: | Jean Herman |
| Birth Date: | 1933 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Pagny-sur-Moselle, France |
| Death Place: | Gradignan, France[1] |
| Occupation: | Writer, film director/critic |
| Yearsactive: | 1958–2015 |
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.
Filmography
Assistant director
- India, Terre Mère
- Paris nous appartient
- Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse
- Le Jour le plus long[5]
Director
- 1958 Voyage en Boscavie (co-directed by Claude Choublier) (short)
- 1960 Actua-Tilt (short)
- 1961 La Quille (short)
- 1962 Twist Parade (short)
- 1962 Le Chemin de la mauvaise route (short)
- 1963 Les Fusils (short)
- 1964 La Cinémathèque Française (short)
- 1967 Le Dimanche de la vie
- 1968 Adieu l'ami
- 1969 Jeff
- 1969 Decameron 69 (co-directed by Bernard Clarens, Jean Desvilles, Louis Grospierre, Miklós Jancsó, Serge Korber and François Reichenbach)
- 1971 Popsy Pop
- 1972 L'Œuf
- 1974 Graf Yoster, 2 episodes : Der Papageienkäfig and Das Spiel mit dem Tode (TV series)
- 1975 Les Grands Détectives, 2 episodes : Un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres and Monsieur Lecoq (TV series)
- 1975 Les Peupliers de la Prétentaine (TV series)
Screenwriter
Actor
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Mort du romancier et scénariste Jean Vautrin . 16 June 2015. Le Monde.
- Web site: Jean Vautrin : biographie et tous les livres . Fnac.com . 2015-08-10.
- http://livres.fluctuat.net/jean-vautrin.html Profile
- http://www.livredepoche.com/auteurs/livre-de-poche-biographie-bibliographie-000000000736-jean-vautrin-ecrivain.html
- Web site: Jean Vautrin - About This Person - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102111643/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/311491/Jean-Vautrin . dead . 2012-11-02 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2012 . 2015-08-10.
