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Gilbert Tanugi

ジルベール・タヌギ

Jirubēru Tanugi

Aliases: Dave et Bett Speal
Pen Names: Dave et Bett Speal（Used for the novel 'Le Roman de la môme i'）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-02-05 （Tunis）
Died
1992-05-19 （13th arrondissement of Paris） age 63
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
Tunis (childhood) → Paris

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Screenwriter, Journalist, Public Relations Officer, Advertising Planner
Active Years
1970-1992

Education

University of Paris
Faculty of Law
Degree: Licence en droit
Country: France
Obtained a degree in law

Awards

Grand prix de littérature policière
1972
Work: Le Canal rouge
Result: 受賞
Prix Durchon-Louvet
1976
Work: Tunisie
Organization: Académie française
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Le Canal rouge

1971 Policier novel

Award-winning detective novel.

CrimeMystery

Crazy Capo

1972 Policier novel

Detective novel adapted into film.

CrimeRevenge
Adaptations
  • [Film] L'Affaire Crazy Capo / Patrick Jamain (1973)

L’Homme de Hambourg

1973 Policier novel

Adapted into a TV movie.

CrimeInternational
Adaptations
  • [TV film] L’Homme de Hambourg / Jean-Roger Cadet (1981)

Bibliography

  • Requiem pour Woona (1970)
  • Le Numéro sept (1970)
  • Le Canal rouge (1971)

Adaptations

  • L'Affaire Crazy Capo (1973, dir. Patrick Jamain)
  • Parlez-moi d'amour (1975, dir. Michel Drach)
  • Saxo (1988, dir. Ariel Zeitoun)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Suspenseful narrativeEnigmatic plots
Recurring Motifs
Crime and psychologyUrban darkness

Legacy

Known as a French detective novelist, winner of the Grand Prix de littérature policière, authored over 30 novels.

Trivia

  • French author born in Tunis.
  • Wrote under pseudonym for youth literature.