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ルー・デュラン

Rū Dyuran

Pen Names: H.L. DugallPen name for crime novels, Michaël BorgiaPen name used with Pierre Rey

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933 (Flassans-sur-Issole)
Died
1995 age 62
Nationality
French
Languages
French, English
Residence History
Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, London, New York

Career

Occupations
crime writer, barman, docker, flight attendant, interpreter, journalist
Active Years
1967-1995

Awards

Prix du Quai des Orfèvres
1967
Work: La Porte d'or
Result: winner
Prix du roman d'aventures
1976
Work: Un amour d'araignée
Result: winner
Prix Maison de la Presse
1987
Work: Daddy
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Porte d'or

1967 crime novel

A crime novel.

crime

Un amour d'araignée

1976 adventure novel

An adventure novel.

adventure

Daddy

1987 thriller 377 pages

A thriller novel translated into English, adapted into bande dessinee and a movie.

thrillerchase
Adaptations
  • [bande dessinee] / Rene Follet
  • [movie] (2003)
Translations
  • English translation by J. Maxwell Brownjohn

Translations of Works

  • Daddy (English by J. Maxwell Brownjohn)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Thriller-oriented style
Recurring Motifs
crimeadventure

Legacy

French crime writer who won several literary prizes.

In Popular Culture

  • Daddy adapted into a movie featuring Klaus Maria Brandauer.