Jean Vautrin

Jean Vautrin studied at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques. The recorded working language is French. The field of work recorded is film direction, film screenwriting and film criticism. Distinctions recorded are Prix Mystère de la Critique, César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, Prix des Deux Magots and Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle.

• Name — Jean Vautrin • Birth Name — Jean Herman • Born — 17 May 1933 • Birthplace — Pagny-sur-Moselle, France • Died — 16 June 2015 • Place of death — Gradignan, France • Occupation — Writer, film director/critic • Years Active — 1958–2015

After studying literature at Auxerre, he took first place in the Id'HEC competition. He studied French literature at the University of Bombay; he became assistant director to Roberto Rossellini. Back in France, he produced five feature films. He became famous among the general public in 1989, winning the Prix Goncourt for his novel Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu. His novel Le Cri du Peuple was adapted as a graphic novel by Jacques Tardi.

• India, Terre Mère • Paris nous appartient • Les Quatre Cavaliers de l'Apocalypse • Le Jour le plus long

• 1958 Voyage en Boscavie (co-directed by Claude Choublier) (short) • 1960 Actua-Tilt (short) • 1961 La Quille (short) • 1962 Twist Parade (short) • 1962 Le Chemin de la mauvaise route (short) • 1963 Les Fusils (short) • 1964 La Cinémathèque Française (short) • 1967 Le Dimanche de la vie • 1968 Adieu l'ami • 1969 Jeff • 1969 Decameron 69 (co-directed by Bernard Clarens, Jean Desvilles, Louis Grospierre, Miklós Jancsó, Serge Korber and François Reichenbach) • 1971 Popsy Pop • 1972 L'Œuf • 1974 Graf Yoster, 2 episodes: Der Papageienkäfig and Das Spiel mit dem Tode (TV series) • 1975 Les Grands Détectives, 2 episodes: Un rendez-vous dans les ténèbres and Monsieur Lecoq (TV series) • 1975 Les Peupliers de la Prétentaine (TV series)

• 1983: Le Marginal, directed by Jacques Deray • 1985: Billy Ze Kick, directed by Gérard Mordillat • 1986: Série Noire, (episode La nuit du flingueur directed by Pierre Grimblat) (TV series)

• À bulletins rouges, 1973 • Billy-Ze-Kick, 1974 - Novel adapted by Gérard Mordillat 1985 • Mister Love, 1977 • Typhon gazoline, 1977 • Le Mensonge - Chronique des années de crise, 1978 • Bloody-Mary, 1979 • Groom, 1981 • Canicule, 1982 - Novel adapted by Yves Boisset 1984 • La Vie Ripolin, 1987 • Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu, 1989 Prix Goncourt • Symphonie Grabuge, 1994 Prix du roman populiste • Le Roi des ordures, 1997 • Un monsieur bien mis, 1987 • Le Cri du peuple, 1998 Prix Louis-Guilloux in 1999. Adapted as a graphic novel in four books by Jacques Tardi in 2005. • L’homme qui assassinait sa vie, 2001 • Le Journal de Louise B., 2002

• Adieu la vie, adieu l’amour, 2004 [vol 1] • La Femme au gant rouge, 2004 [vol 2] • La grande zigouille, 2009 [vol 3] • Les années Faribole, 2012 [vol 4]

• 1983: Patchwork, Prix des Deux Magots 1984 • 1986: Baby-boom, Prix Goncourt de la Nouvelle 1986 • 1989: Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint • 1992: Courage chacun • 2005: Si on s’aimait? • 2009: Maîtresse Kristal et autres bris de guerre

Les Aventures de Boro, reporter photographe, with Dan Franck • La Dame de Berlin, 1987 - Novel adapted by Pierre Boutron 1991 • Le Temps des cerises, 1990 • Les Noces de Guernica, 1994 • Mademoiselle Chat, 1996 • Boro s’en va-t-en guerre, 2000 • Cher Boro, 2005 • La Fête à Boro, 2007 • La Dame de Jérusalem, 2009