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Jean Masarès

ジャン・マサレス

Jean Masarès

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
French
Residence History
France

Career

Occupations
writer, film critic, military nurse
Active Years
1946-1953

Awards

Prix des Deux Magots
1951
Work: Comme le pélican du désert
Organization: Deux Magots
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Comme le pélican du désert

1950 novel

L'Inutile

1953 novel

Bibliography

  • Comme le pélican du désert (1950)
  • L'Inutile (1953)
  • Les Îles (1946, Les Temps modernes)
  • Cinéma et psychologie (1949, Les Temps modernes)

Legacy

French writer and film critic, winner of the 1951 Prix des Deux Magots. His experiences as a military nurse in an insane asylum during WWII inspired his writings.

Trivia

  • Served as a military nurse in an insane asylum during World War II.