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
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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

  1. 1933Jean Vautrin born at Pagny-sur-Moselle.
  2. 1988Billy-ze-Kick digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1989Dix-huit tentatives pour devenir un saint digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1991Romans noirs digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1996Mademoiselle Chat digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 2015Jean Vautrin died at Gradignan.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Jean Vautrin”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1685888: Jean Vautrin

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