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Alphonse Boudard

アルフォンス・ブーダール

Arufonsu Būdāru

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1925-12-17 （13th arrondissement of Paris）
Died
2000-01-14 （Nice） age 74
Nationality
French
Languages
French
Residence History
Loiret region → south of Paris → Nice

Career

Occupations
novelist, playwright
Active Years
1958-2000
Influenced By
Albert Paraz

Awards

Prix Renaudot
1977
Work: Les Combattants du petit bonheur
Result: winner
Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française
1995
Work: Dying childhood
Organization: Académie Française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Les Combattants du petit bonheur

1977 novel

Autobiographical novel depicting life in the 1940s.

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Dying childhood

1995 novel

Novel about dying childhood memories.

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The Cherry

1963 novel

Life in a sanatorium.

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The Hospital

1972 novel

Story based on hospital experiences.

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The Amazing Mr Joseph

1992 novel

Story of a French spy who becomes a millionaire on the black market during WWII.

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Adaptations

  • Many novels adapted for French films and television

Style & Themes

Literary Style
colloquial terms and slang from the 1940svernacular language
Recurring Motifs
sanatorium lifeprison experiencesautobiographical elements

Health

  • tuberculosis
    青年期
    Time in sanatorium, basis for stories

Legacy

French writer known for autobiographical novels using slang from the 1940s, many adapted to film and TV.

In Popular Culture

  • Works adapted into French films and television

Trivia

  • Had a wife and two sons.
  • Awarded a military medal for fighting the Germans.