Prix des Deux Magots
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1953) Winner
Albert Simonin
アルベール・シモニン
Arubēru Shimonin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1905 （La Chapelle quarter of the 18th arrondissement of Paris）
- Died
- 1980 age 75
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paris
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, scriptwriter
- Active Years
- 1920-1980
Awards & Nominations
Prix Mystère de la critique
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1972) Winner
Works
Major Works
Touchez pas au grisbi
1953 crime fictionA novel featuring the Parisian gangster Max le Menteur.
gangstersbetrayalloyalty
Adaptations
- [film] Touchez pas au grisbi / Jacques Becker (1954)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Hard-boiled style using French argot (slang)
- Recurring Motifs
- Parisian underworldworld of criminals
Health
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Orphaned16歳時Father was a florist. Orphaned by the age of 16.
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Imprisonment for collaboration第二次世界大戦後5年間Spent five years in prison after World War II for collaboration.
Legacy
Known as a French novelist and scriptwriter who created classic examples of French film noir.
Trivia
- Orphaned by the age of 16.
- His father was a florist.
- Spent five years in prison after World War II for collaboration with the Nazis.