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André Piljean

アンドレ・ピルジャン

Andore Pirujan

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1914-08-03 (Aubervilliers)
Died
1956-08-13 age 42
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Crime fiction writer, Spy novelist
Active Years
1951-1957

Awards

Grand prix de littérature policière
1952
Work: Passons la monnaie
Category: meilleur roman français
Organization: Association des Écrivains de Langue Française
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Passons la monnaie

1951 Roman policier

A crime novel from the perspective of the working class.

Working classCrime

Bibliography

  • Passons la monnaie (1951)
  • Un chien écrasé (1953)
  • Service dans l'ombre (1954)
  • Impasse sanglante (1954)
  • Péril sur l'Ouest (1954)
  • Liste noire (1955)
  • Morts en chaîne (1955)
  • Affaire privée (1955)
  • Fonds secrets (1956)
  • Mission punitive (1956)
  • Corridor « E » (1956)
  • Jeu blanc (1956)
  • Opération Piège (1957)

Adaptations

  • Un chien écrasé (1984, TV series 'Série noire')

Health

  • Unspecified illness
    数年間
    Affected his life for several years, leading him to theater and writing.

Legacy

Known as a French crime and spy novelist, winner of the Grand Prix de littérature policière. Died young.

Trivia

  • Orphaned early, entered factory at 12 years old.
  • Worked various manual jobs.
  • Encouraged to write by actor Gaston Modot.