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Jean Vautrin

ジャン・ヴォートラン

Jan Vōtoran

Aliases: Jean Herman

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-05-17 (Pagny-sur-Moselle)
Died
2015-06-16 (Gradignan) age 82
Nationality
France
Languages
French
Residence History
France

Career

Occupations
Writer, Film director, Film critic
Active Years
1958-2015

Education

Auxerre
Literature
Country: France
Studied literature

Awards

Prix Goncourt
1989
Work: Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu
Organization: Académie Goncourt
Result: 受賞
Prix des Deux Magots
1984
Work: Patchwork
Result: 受賞
Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle
1986
Work: Baby-boom
Result: 受賞
Prix du roman populiste
1994
Work: Symphonie Grabuge
Result: 受賞
Prix Louis-Guilloux
1999
Work: Le Cri du peuple
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu

1989 Novel

Goncourt Prize-winning novel about crime and redemption.

CrimeRedemption

Canicule

1982 Novel

Story of summer heat and crime.

CrimeSummer
Adaptations
  • [Film] Dog Day / Yves Boisset (1984)

Bibliography

  • À bulletins rouges
  • Billy-Ze-Kick
  • Mister Love
  • Typhon gazoline
  • Le Mensonge - Chronique des années de crise
  • Bloody-Mary
  • Groom
  • Canicule
  • La Vie Ripolin
  • Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu
  • Symphonie Grabuge
  • Le Roi des ordures
  • Un monsieur bien mis
  • Le Cri du peuple
  • L’homme qui assassinait sa vie
  • Le Journal de Louise B.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Dynamic narrativeEnigmatic plots
Recurring Motifs
CrimeHistory

Legacy

Known for winning the Prix Goncourt, active in film and literature.

Trivia

  • Real name is Jean Herman.
  • Was assistant director to Roberto Rossellini.