Albert Simonin

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Albert Simonin (born April 18, 1905 in Paris , † February 15, 1980 ) was a French writer, scenarioist, author of crime novels and lexicographer of the Argot .

life and work

After the Second World War, Simonin wrote detective novels ( Roman noir ) in a language interspersed with argot vocabulary that is out of date today. The most famous was Touchez pas au grisbi! (with a foreword by Pierre Mac Orlan ), Paris 1953 (made into a film by Jacques Becker , German film and book title: When night falls in Paris , Vienna / Munich / Basel 1958).

To understand the argot , Simonin wrote a dictionary with the title Le Petit Simonin illustré, alluding to the Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire d'usage (Paris 1957, from 1958 with a foreword by Jean Cocteau ), 2nd edition ud T. Petit Simonin illustré par l'exemple (Paris 1968).

Honors

Other works

  • Textes diverse, ed. by Jacques Goursaud and Marie-Hélène Simonin, Paris 2006

Filmography

script

  • 1954: I became a traitor (Interdit de sejour)
  • 1956: spat in the face of Satan (Le feu aux poudres)
  • 1957: Arsène Lupine, the millionaire thief (Les aventures d'Arsène Lupine)
  • 1957: The sixth man (Tous peuvent me tuer)
  • 1957: Hot kisses - sharp shots (Incognito)
  • 1958: Blonde freight and black devils (Des femmes disparaissent)
  • 1958: A ball in the barrel (Une balle dans le canon)
  • 1960: Candide or: The optimism in the 20th century (Candide ou optimisme au XXième siècle)
  • 1960: Inspector Kent chases fluffy dolls (Le saint mène la danse)
  • 1962: A gentleman from the best of circles (Le gentleman d'Espsom)
  • 1962: As silent as the night (Melodie en sous-sol)
  • 1964: Oscar's screw is loose (Une souris chez les hommes)
  • 1964: The hunt for men (La chasse à l'homme)
  • 1964: Barbouzes' recipes for murder (Les Barbouzes)
  • 1965: The ladies ask (Les bons vivants)
  • 1965: crooks settle accounts (La metamorphose des cloportes)
  • 1966: Beloved Scoundrel (Tendre voyou)
  • 1967: The Bull (Le pacha)
  • 1970: Cold sweat (De la part des copains)
  • 1972: Granier, the zero (Un cave)

Literary template

  • 1954: When night falls in Paris (Touchez pas au Grisbi) (also screenplay)
  • 1962: Food for cute birds (Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux)
  • 1961: The Lord with the Millions (Le cave se rebiffe) (also screenplay)
  • 1963: My uncle, the gangster (Les tontons flingueurs) (also screenplay)

literature

  • Albert Simonin, Confessions d'un enfant de La Chapelle , Paris 1977 (memoirs)
  • André Nolat, Romances de la rue. Notes sur quatre écrivains: Mac Orlan, Carco, Simonin, Boudard , Lyon 2009

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Simonin, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author and lexicographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 18, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1980