Gilles Perrault

Gilles Perrault was a French journalist, screenwriter, writer, lawyer and novelist (1931–2023). He was born at Paris and died at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

Also recorded as Jacques Peyroles; Gil Perrault; Sidney Vania.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Jacques Peyroles.

Also worked under the name Sidney Vania, Gil Perrault and Gilles Perrault.

Born at Paris in 1931, died at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont in 2023.

Identity and origins

Gilles Perrault was recorded at birth as Jacques Peyroles. He also worked under the names Sidney Vania, Gil Perrault and Gilles Perrault. The authorities additionally record the headings Jacques Peyroles, Gil Perrault and Sidney Vania. His recorded language was French.

He was the child of Germaine Peyroles.

Catalogued works

44 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1670 to 2004.

Julien Fontanes, magistrat. Le Livre Noir du Capitalisme. Notre ami le roi. Les sanglots longs. Quand les patrons collaboraient. L'Orchestre rouge. L'acharnement. תיק 51. Sodot yom ha-pelishah. ha-Tizmoret ha-adumah. La jeune femme triste. Le soldat perdu. Dictionnaire amoureux de la Résistance. Les deux Français-- et autres récits. Nuestro amigo el Rey. Auf den Spuren der roten Kapelle. Taupes rouges contre S.S. Christian Ranucci, vingt ans après. Dorure et polychromie sur bois. L' ombre de Christian Ranucci. Les parachutistes. Un homme à part. Le pull-over rouge. The secrets of D-Day. Kizil orkestra, dated 1989. The secret of D-Day. Le cabinet des dépêches. Dossier 51. Paris under the occupation. Les secret du jour J. Le secret du roi. L' homme au bout du rouleau, dated 2004. Le garçon aux yeux gris, suivi de Le soldat perdu. Les vacances de l'oberleutnant von La Rochelle, dated 2002. Jours tranquilles à Belleville. Marie Laurence Gaudrat. Une jeune fille en guerre. The red orchestra. Checkpoint Charlie. Derapage, Le. Dossier 51, an entertainment. Du service secret au gouvernement invisible. Go! Courses de Testes et de Bagues Faittes par Roy et par les Princes et Seigneurs de sa Cour, en l'année 1662, dated 1670, engraving, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 31.67.2.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Gilles Perrault, Grand-Père, Humanisme, 2016. Gilles PERRAULT : L’ORCHESTRE ROUGE (Fayard, Paris 1967, 576 pp.)., Le Monde Juif, 1967. Quand Gilles Perrault rendait hommage à son grand-père franc-maçon, Humanisme, 2023. Christian Langeois, Les Chants d’honneur. De la Chorale populaire à l’Orchestre rouge. Suzanne Cointe (1905-1943) , Postface de Gilles Perrault, Paris, Le Cherche Midi, « Documents », 2017, 192 p., Aden, 2018. MEDIENE (Benamar), Kateb Yacine. Le coeur entre les dents. Biographie hétérodoxe. Préface de Gilles Perrault. Paris : Robert Laffont, 2006, 343 p. - ISBN 2-221-10733-0, Études littéraires africaines, 2006.

Digitised editions and texts

11 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Gilles Perrault Notre Ami Le Roi Français (1990) — Internet Archive. The Secret of D-Day (1967) — Internet Archive. L'erreur (1971) — Internet Archive. Dossier 51 (1971) — Internet Archive. L'orchestre REouge (1967) — Internet Archive. Afin que nul n'oublie: L'Itinéraire D'un Anti-colonialiste (1986) — Internet Archive. LES PARA CHUTISTES (1961) — Internet Archive. l' Orchestre Rouge (1967) — Internet Archive. LE SECRET DU ROI (1996) — Internet Archive. The red orchestra (1989) — Internet Archive. Ein Schluchzen ohne Ende (1973) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 18 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Gilles Perrault studied at Collège Stanislas de Paris and Sciences Po. the recorded working language is French.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are screenplay, adventure fiction, spy fiction and crime.

Residence is recorded at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

Works named in the authority record are Notre ami le roi.

Distinctions recorded are César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation and “Today” Prize.

Chronology

  1. 1931Gilles Perrault born at Paris.
  2. 1967The Secret of D-Day digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1967L'orchestre REouge digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1971L'erreur digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1971Dossier 51 digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1986Afin que nul n'oublie: L'Itinéraire D'un Anti-colonialiste digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1990Gilles Perrault Notre Ami Le Roi Français digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 2023Gilles Perrault died at Sainte-Marie-du-Mont.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Gilles Perrault”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q743035: Gilles Perrault

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