Jean Vautrin
Jean Vautrin was a French screenwriter, writer, film critic and director (1933–2015). He was born at Pagny-sur-Moselle and died at Gradignan.
Jean Vautrin in brief
- Born
- 1933
- Died
- 2015
- Known for
- screenwriter, writer, film critic, director and photographer
- Place of birth
- Pagny-sur-Moselle
Contents
Identity and origins
Jean Vautrin was recorded at birth as Jean Georges Hubert Herman. His recorded language was French.
He married Anne Doat and Lila Lakshmanan.
Recognition and collections
Jean Vautrin received Prix Mystère de la Critique, César Award for Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation, Prix des Deux Magots, Prix Goncourt de la nouvelle, Prix Goncourt and Prix Goncourt des Lycéens.
Catalogued works
39 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.
Le Cri du peuple. Un monsieur bien mis. La dame de Berlin. À bulletins rouges. Le pogo aux yeux rouges. New York, 100ème rue Est. L'homme qui assassinait sa vie. Un Grand pas vers le Bon Dieu. Typhon-gazoline. En attendant l'eau chaude, ou, Les dessins d'impatience. Si on s'aimait. Gipsy blues. Adieu la vie, adieu l'amour. Baby boom. A bulletins rouges. Canicule. Crime-club. Dix Huit Tentatives Pour Devenir Un Sain. Groom. Groom. Crime-journal d'un enfant du siècle. Groom: Crime-journal d'un enfant du siecle. Histoires déglinguées. J'ai fait un beau voyage - Photo-journal 1955-1958. La vie ripolin. Le Cri du peuple, tome 2. Le journal de Louise B. L' homme qui assassinait sa vie. Maîtresse Kristal et autres bris de guerre. Mister Love. Patchwork. Romans noirs. Symphonie Grabuge. Tardi en banlieue. The voice of the people. Bloody Mary. Courage, chacun. Das Herz spielt Blues. Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint. Quatre soldats français.
Literature
7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Jean Vautrin et Jean-Patrick Manchette, « combustibles » de Jean-Paul Belmondo et Alain Delon, Critique, 2025. Un grand pas vers le Bon Dieu de Jean Vautrin, Francophonies d'Amérique, 1992. De l’esthétique de la langue aux valeurs du discours. Les nouvelles de Jean Vautrin, Éla. Études de linguistique appliquée, 2020. Vautrin (Mlle), Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Vautrin, François, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Kissing or fused since some time, Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience, 2010. Une lecture punk du néo-polar : critique sociale, violence et esthétique du trash, Belphégor, 2025.
Digitised editions and texts
4 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.
Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint (1989) — Internet Archive. Billy-ze-Kick (1988) — Internet Archive. Romans noirs (1991) — Internet Archive. Mademoiselle Chat (1996) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 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
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.
Chronology
- 1933Jean Vautrin born at Pagny-sur-Moselle.
- 1988Billy-ze-Kick digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1989Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1991Romans noirs digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1996Mademoiselle Chat digitised by Internet Archive.
- 2015Jean Vautrin died at Gradignan.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
“Jean Vautrin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q1685888: Jean Vautrin
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Elsewhere in Books
14,689 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Jean TharaudAuthor
- Jean TitelouzeAuthor
- Jean ToomerAuthor
- Jean Van HammeAuthor
- Jean VerdierAuthor
- Jean WahlAuthor
- Jean WebsterAuthor
- Jean ZieglerAuthor
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