Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
2 appearances
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Edition 11 (1957) Winner
Frédéric Dard
フレデリック・ダルド
Furēderikku Darudo
Aliases:
Frédéric Charles / Kaput / L'Ange noir / Kill Him / Maxel Beeting / Cornel Milk / F. D. Ricard / Frederick Antony / Verne Goody / Wel Norton
Pen Names:
San-Antonio（Primary pen name used for the San-Antonio crime novel series and its titular hero）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1921-06-29 （Bourgoin-Jallieu）
- Died
- 2000-06-06 （Bonnefontaine, Fribourg） age 78
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Saint-Chef → Lyon → Les Mureaux → Switzerland
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Playwright, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1940-2000
- Influenced By
- Peter Cheyney, James Hadley Chase
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Grand Prix de Littérature Policière | Le Bourreau pleure | — | Association des Écrivains Policiers de France | 受賞 |
| 1940 | Prix Lugdunum | Monsieur Joos | — | — | 受賞 |
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1957
Work:
Le Bourreau pleure
Organization:
Association des Écrivains Policiers de France
Result:
受賞
Prix Lugdunum
1940
Work:
Monsieur Joos
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
San-Antonio
1949 Crime fictionFirst volume of the San-Antonio series featuring the detective San-Antonio's adventures.
HumorCrimeSlang
Adaptations
- [Film] Sale temps pour les mouches / Guy Lefranc (1966)
- [Film] San-Antonio / Frédéric Auburtin (2004)
Translations
- Translated into 35 languages
Adaptations
- Multiple film adaptations of San-Antonio series
- Other works adapted: Les Salauds vont en enfer etc.
Translations of Works
- English translations: Tough Justice etc.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Heavy use of slangWordplayRaunchy humorLinguistic inventiveness
- Recurring Motifs
- San-Antonio and Bérurier duoFrench secret serviceSatire
Health
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Disabled left arm生涯Source of childhood bullying and lifelong discomfort
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Depression生涯、1965年に自殺未遂Overcome through writing, attempted suicide in 1965 due to overwork
Legacy
Best-selling French-language author with over 250 million books sold. Cult following for San-Antonio series. Recognized for linguistic innovation.
In Popular Culture
- Comic book and film adaptations of San-Antonio series
Trivia
- Chose 'San-Antonio' randomly from a US map
- Daughter Joséphine kidnapped in 1983
- Son Patrice continued the series
- Born with malformed shoulder and disabled left arm