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Léo Malet

レオ・マレ

Reo Mare

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1909-01-01 （Montpellier）
Died
1996-01-01 age 87
Nationality
フランス, French
Languages
フランス語, French
Residence History
Montpellier → Paris

Career

Occupations
crime novelist, surrealist, poet
Active Years
1930-1996
Affiliations
Surrealist movement
Influenced By
André Breton, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

120, rue de la Gare

1943 crime novel

The first Nestor Burma novel, set in wartime Paris where the detective solves a mystery.

ParisWarDetective
Adaptations
  • [Film] 120, rue de la Gare / Jacques Daniel-Norman (1946)
  • [Comic book] 120, rue de la Gare / Jacques Tardi (1988)

La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1955 crime novel

A Nestor Burma novel set in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of Paris.

ParisNightMystery
Adaptations
  • [Film] La Nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés / Bob Swaim (1977)
  • [TV series] Nestor Burma (1991)

Bibliography

  • 120, rue de la Gare (1943)
  • Le cinquième procédé (1948)
  • Le soleil naît derrière le Louvre (1954)
  • Des kilomètres de linceuls (1955)
  • Fièvre au Marais (1955)
  • La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1955)
  • M'as-tu vu en cadavre (1956)
  • Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac (1956)
  • Casse-pipe à la Nation (1957)
  • Micmac moche au Boul' Mich' (1957)
  • Nestor Burma court la poupée (1971)
  • Poste restante (1983)

Adaptations

  • Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac (comic, 1982, Jacques Tardi)
  • 120, rue de la Gare (comic, 1988, Jacques Tardi)
  • Nestor Burma (TV series, 1991-2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
hardboiledsurrealist influences
Recurring Motifs
Parisian streetsDetective Nestor BurmaFog and night

Legacy

French crime novelist known for creating the detective Nestor Burma. Transitioned from Surrealism to popular noir series.

In Popular Culture

  • Nestor Burma series adapted into comics, films, and TV

Trivia

  • Involved in anarchist movement
  • Close friends with Surrealists like André Breton