Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1950) Winner
Géo-Charles Véran
ジオ＝シャルル・ヴェラン
Jio-Sharuru Veran
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- France
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- France
Career
- Occupations
- journalist, novelist
- Active Years
- 1939-1950
- Affiliations
- Le Petit Parisien
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | Grand prix de littérature policière | Jeux pour mourir | — | — | winner |
| — | Ordre de la Francisque | — | — | Vichy regime | received |
Grand prix de littérature policière
1950
Work:
Jeux pour mourir
Result:
winner
Ordre de la Francisque
Organization:
Vichy regime
Result:
received
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Jeux pour mourir
1949 roman policierA band of kids left to themselves in the rubble of post-war reconstruction, weaving a dark and desperate picture of their future between death and prison.
Post-war reconstructionChild povertyDespairCrime
Adaptations
- [bande dessinée] Jeux pour mourir / Jacques Tardi (1992)
Bibliography
- Jeux pour mourir, Le Portulan, 1949 ; réédition, Marabout no 151, 1958 ; réédition, L'Atalante, 1989.
Adaptations
- Jeux pour mourir (adapted by Jacques Tardi as bande dessinée, Casterman, 1992)
Legacy
Author of a single novel 'Jeux pour mourir' which won the Grand prix de littérature policière in 1950, but was forgotten until republished in 1989 and adapted into a bande dessinée by Jacques Tardi in 1992. Controversy arose due to his collaboration with Nazis during WWII.
In Popular Culture
- Known through Jacques Tardi's bande dessinée adaptation
Trivia
- Allegedly collaborated with Nazis during World War II.
- Received the Order of the Francisque.
- Dedicated his retirement to defending children's rights.