René Fallet
René Fallet (4 December 1927 – 25 July 1983) was a 20th-century French writer. He wrote a novel that the 1981 film La Soupe aux choux was later based on.
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René Fallet

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- Name
- René Fallet
- Born
- 4 December 1927
- Birthplace
- Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France
- Died
- 25 July 1983
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Writer
- Full name
- René Antoine Fallet.
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Prix Interallié and Eugène Dabit populist novel award.
- Languages
- French.
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René Fallet (4 December 1927 – 25 July 1983) was a 20th-century French writer. He wrote a novel that the 1981 film La Soupe aux choux was later based on.
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• Name — René Fallet • Born — 4 December 1927 • Birthplace — Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, France • Died — 25 July 1983 • Place of death — Paris, France • Occupation — Writer • Language — French
Main novels
Main novels
• Banlieue sud-est (1946) • Le Braconnier de Dieu (1973)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• The Love of a Woman (1953) • The Gates of Paris (1957) • Monsieur Robinson Crusoe (1960) • Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983)
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Life and career
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1927
René Fallet born at Villeneuve-Saint-Georges.
1983
René Fallet died at 14th arrondissement of Paris.
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Villeneuve-Saint-Georges.
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14th arrondissement of Paris.
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- 1.Carnets de jeunesse, René Fallet, avant-propos d'Agathe Fallet, , Denoël, 1990 .
- 2.- Blaise Cendrars.
- 3.Les Pieds dans l'eau, René Fallet, annexe 3, Filmographie de René Fallet, établie par Jean-Paul Liégeois, , Le Cherche midi, 2010
- 4.La bicyclette, les amateurs de vélo sont formels sur ce point, injustes s'il le faut, odieux jusqu'au racisme, la bicyclette n'est pas un vélo. In René Fallet et Blachon, le vélo, éditions Denoël, 1992, page 8.
- 5.Banlieue sud-est, troisième partie, pages 243 et suivantes dans l'édition folio
- 6.Le Vélo, chapitre I, ligne 1.
- 7.Le Vélo, chapitre V
- 8.A l’origine, il y avait Rene Fallet. renefallet-journeeslitteraires.planet-allier.com.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 9
- Jean-Michel Auxietre, La Route des copains, Publibook, 2011
- Michel Lécureur, René Fallet: le Braconnier des Lettres. Paris : les Belles Lettres, 2005. 368 pages, . .
- Marc Sourdot, René Fallet, vingt ans après. Paris, Maisonneuve et Larose, 2005.
- Collectif, Détours, Hommage à René Fallet. Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Bleu autour, 2004
- Jacques Poinson, René Fallet, le rose et le noir. Vichy, Aedis, 2002
- Philippe-A Boiry, René Fallet, poète, Charenton-le-Pont, Presses de Valmy, 1999
- Jean-Paul Liégeois (dir.), Lire et relire René Fallet, Initiales, 1998.
- André Vers, C'était quand hier? Paris : Régine Deforges, 1990.
- Jean-Paul Liégeois, Splendeur et misères de René Fallet (entretiens et témoignages). Paris : Denoël, 1978.
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