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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-AntonioPrimary 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

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 fiction

First 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

  • Disabled left arm
    生涯
    Source of childhood bullying and lifelong discomfort
  • 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