Marcel Aymé
Marcel Aymé (born March 29, 1902 in Joigny , † October 14, 1967 in Paris ) was a French storyteller and playwright.
Life
Coming from a humble background (his father was a blacksmith ), Aymé first began studying medicine and then worked as an insurance agent, bricklayer, painter, journalist, bank clerk and extras in film. After a long illness, he began to write and became a multi-award-winning writer. His realistically written novels and stories are characterized by a bizarre, often biting sense of humor, with typical urban-rural incidents often forming the background. His main work The Green Mare was filmed with great success, as were many other of his books.
Marcel Aymé died in Paris at the age of 65 and was buried in the Cimetière Saint-Vincent on Montmartre .
Reception and honors
In his honor, his place of residence at Montmartre, 26, Rue Norvins , was renamed to 2, Place Marcel Aymé , in 1989 a bronze sculpture by the actor and sculptor Jean Marais was inaugurated there, referring to his novella Le passe-muraille and depicting Aymé, the going straight through a wall. This novella was the basis for the film A man goes through the wall (1959, with Heinz Rühmann ) and was also made into a musical. The music was composed by Michel Legrand , the libretto was written by Didier van Cauwelaert . The musical was translated into German in 2009 by Edith Jeske and premiered in Germany in April 2012.
In 2015 an asteroid was named after Marcel Aymé: (85183) Marcelaymé .
Works (selection)
- Le puits aux images (1932, German The picture fountain 1963)
- La jument verte (1933, Ger. The green mare . Transl. Walter Widmer , 1952) (novel)
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The elephant and the dog . Single story from Les contes du chat perché (1934-1946). Translated by Monique Lang. Arche, Zurich 1954
- The donkey and the horse. Single ore. as before. Images after Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
- Le passe-muraille (1943, eng. The man who could walk through the wall 1949) (novellas)
- La belle image (1941, transl. Noa Kiepenheuer : The beautiful madness 1949)
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Travelingue . 1941
- The wonderful hairdresser. Novel . Translated by Nathalie Mälzer , Karin Uttendörfer. Structure, Berlin 2013
- Le confort intellectuel (1950, German The intellectual comfort 2013)
- Les quatre vérités (drama 1954)
- Les oiseaux de lune (1955, German The Moon Birds 1963)
- The engagement and Oskar and Erik . Two stories. Übers. Lilly von Sauter . Fig.Paul Flora . Diogenes, Zurich 1956
- Les Tiroirs de l'inconnu (1960, German The Drawers of the Unknown 1962, Kiepenheuer & Witsch) (novel)
- Lousiane - Pièce en quatre actes (1961)
Film adaptations
- 1950 - The sensational burglar (Garou-Garou, le passe-muraille) - Director: Jean Boyer - (with Bourvil , Joan Greenwood)
- 1950 - Der Totentisch (La table aux crevés) - Director: Henri Verneuil - (with Fernandel , Maria Mauban)
- 1956 - Two Men, a Pig and the Night of Paris (La traversée de Paris) - Director: Claude Autant-Lara - (with Jean Gabin , Bourvil)
- 1959 - The Green Mare (La jument verte) - Director: Claude Autant-Lara - (with Bourvil, Sandra Milo )
- 1959 - The students (Le chemin des écoliers) - Director: Michel Boisrond - (with Françoise Arnoul , Bourvil, Louis de Funès )
- 1959 - A man walks through the wall - Director: Ladislao Vajda (with Heinz Rühmann )
- 1969 - Clerambard - Director: Yves Robert - (with Philippe Noiret , Dany Carrel )
- 1977 - Le Passe-Muraille - Director: Pierre Tchernia - (with Michel Serrault )
- 1979 - The halo (La grâce) - Director: Pierre Tchernia - (with Michel Serrault)
- 1988 La Vouivre Director: Georges Wilson (with Lambert Wilson, Suzanne Flon)
- 1990 - Uranus - Director: Claude Berri - (with Michel Blanc , Gérard Depardieu )
- 1991 - The favor, the watch and the very big fish - Director: Ben Lewin
- 1991 - Héloïse - Director: Pierre Tchernia - (with Michel Serrault)
- 1991 - L'huissier - Director: Pierre Tchernia - (with Michel Serrault)
- 1993 - Carved in the pan (Le bœuf clandestin) - Directed by Lazare Iglesis
- 2013 - Le Bœuf clandestin - Director: Gérard Jourd'hui - (with Christian Clavier )
- 2016 - Who goes through the wall (Le Passe-Muraille) - Director: Dante Desarthe - (with Denis Podalydès , Marie Dompnier)
Web links
- Literature by and about Marcel Aymé in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Marcel Aymé in the German Digital Library
- Marcel Ayme in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Marcel Ayme in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Marcel Aymé at Open Library
- Biography (french)
- Biography and works (French and English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tilman Krause: We don't give a damn about the downfall . Review, in: The Literary World , May 25, 2013, p. 5
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Aymé, Marcel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French storyteller and playwright |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1902 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Joigny , France |
DATE OF DEATH | October 14, 1967 |
Place of death | Paris , France |