Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1973) Winner
Jean-Patrick Manchette
ジャン＝パトリック・マンシェット
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Pen Names:
General-Baron Staff（Pen name for mind games column）,
Shuto Headline（Pen name for film criticism and crime fiction columns）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1942-12-19 （Marseille）
- Died
- 1995-06-03 （Paris） age 52
- Nationality
- French
- Languages
- French, English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Marseille → Malakoff (Paris suburbs) → Paris
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, screenwriter, translator, critic
- Active Years
- 1965-1995
- Affiliations
- Éditions Gallimard Série Noire
- Influenced By
- Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Situationist International
- Influenced
- Modern French crime fiction authors
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École normale supérieure | — | Literature | — | — | France |
École normale supérieure
Literature
Country:
France
Dropped out without graduating
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Grand Prix de Littérature Policière | O dingos, O chateaux! | — | French Crime Fiction Award Committee | winner |
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière
1973
Work:
O dingos, O chateaux!
Organization:
French Crime Fiction Award Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Mad and the Bad
1972 crime fictionA fragile young woman and a billionaire's nephew are chased by a psychopathic killer, critiquing social issues.
social criticismviolencehuman condition
Adaptations
- [film] Folle à tuer / Yves Boisset (1975)
Translations
- English translation by Donald Nicholson-Smith
Bibliography
- Let the Corpses Tan (1971)
- The N'Gustro Affair (1971)
- The Mad and the Bad (1972)
- Nada (1973)
- No Room at the Morgue (1973)
- Skeletons in the Closet (1976)
- 3 to Kill (1976)
- Fatale (1977)
- The Prone Gunman (1981)
- Ivory Pearl (1996, posthumous)
Adaptations
- Nada (1974, dir. Claude Chabrol)
- Three Men to Kill (1980, dir. Jacques Deray)
- The Gunman (2015, dir. Pierre Morel)
Translations by Author
- French translation of Watchmen
Translations of Works
- Nine novels translated to English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- behaviorist styleneo-polarconcise and violent prose
- Recurring Motifs
- analysis of social positions and culturebursts of violenceleft-wing political views
Health
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cancer1990年代初頭Cause of death, leaving unfinished novel
Legacy
Credited with reinventing French crime fiction as the father of 'neo-polar'.
In Popular Culture
- Numerous film adaptations, including starring Alain Delon
- Comic adaptations by Jacques Tardi
Quotes
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After that, as I did not have to belong to any kind of literary school, I entered a very different work area. In seven years, I have not done anything good. I'm still working at it.
Source: 1988 letter to a journalist (1988)
Trivia
- Jazz enthusiast who played tenor and alto saxophone
- Lifelong interest in chess and strategy games
- Translated Alan Moore's Watchmen into French
- Edited a science fiction novel line