Jean Pierre Conty, real name Jean Pierre Walrafen, (9 December 1917 - 12 September 1984) was a 20th-century French writer, famous for his spying novels.
The hero of most of his novel is Mr. Suzuki, a Japanese spy. He has also published under the
pen name
A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name.
A pen na ...
Jean Crau .
Works
Novels
Theatre
In 1954, his play ''Affaire vous concernant'' is directed by
Pierre Valde at the
Théâtre de Paris. In 1965, he coauthored with
Jean Bernard-Luc
Jean Bernard-Luc, real name Lucien Boudousse, (Guatemala City, 8 February 1909 – Pontoise (Val-d'Oise), 18 May 1985) was a 20th-century French screenwriter and dialoguist.
Biography
Born in Guatemala, he arrived in France with his parents a ...
, a comédie-vaudeville which has now become a classic of the genre : ''Quand épousez-vous ma femme ?'', staged on theatre with
Michel Serrault,
Jean-Pierre Darras and
Maria Pacôme
Maria Pacôme (18 July 1923 – 1 December 2018) was a French actress and playwright.
Biography
Born on 18 July 1923 in Paris, Maria Pacôme was the daughter of Maurice Pacôme and Germaine Hivonait. Her father was deported to Buchenwald conc ...
.
Comic strips
Several adaptations in comic strips of the series Mr. Suzuki have been made by Jacomo:
*1974 : ''La nuit rouge de Mr. Suzuki'', Artima
*1975 : ''Mr. Suzuki a la dent dure'', Artima
*1975 : ''Mr. Suzuki et la ville fantôme'', Artima
*1977 : ''Mr. Suzuki lance un sos'', Artima
*1977 : ''Mr. Suzuki lance un sos (2)'', Artima
Cinema
Robert Vernay
Robert Vernay (May 30, 1907 in Paris – October 17, 1979 in Paris) was a French director and screenwriter.
Career
In 1937, Vernay worked as assistant director to Julien Duvivier on ''Pépé le Moko''.
In 1944, Vernay directed an adaptation of ...
has directed the cinematographic adaptation of ''Monsieur Suzuki prend la mouche'' in
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
* Ja ...
under the title: ' with Jean Thielment,
Ivan Desny
Ivan Desny (born Ivan Nikolaevich Desnitskij; 28 December 1922 – 13 April 2002) was a Chinese-born actor of Russian descent.
Early life
Desny was born in Peking, China.
Career
Desny was a film actor. Bilingual in French and German, he acted ...
,
Pierre Dudan
Pierre Dudan (1916–1984) was a Russian-born Swiss actor and singer. He was born in Moscow to a Russian mother and a Swiss father. He married four times.
Selected filmography
* '' Night Warning'' (1946)
* '' The Fugitive'' (1947)
* ''The Lyons ...
and Claude Farell.
Prizes and awards
In
1953
Events
January
* January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
* January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo.
* January 14
** Marshal Josip Broz Tito i ...
, he was awarded the
Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for his novel ''Opération Odyssée .
References
External links
Liste de romans publiés, sur Polar-sf
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20th-century French novelists
French crime fiction writers
People from Moselle (department)
1917 births
1984 deaths