André Héléna
André Héléna (born April 8, 1919 in Narbonne , † November 18, 1972 in Leucate ) was a French crime writer who spent much of his life in Leucate.
The author and his works have now almost been forgotten in France, although they are among the few crime novels to be translated into American in the 1960s.
Works
- Les flics ont toujours raison (German: The cops are always right , Edition Nautilus, Hamburg)
- Le Bon Dieu s'en fout ( Eng . God doesn't give a shit , Edition Nautilus, Hamburg)
- Le Goût you sang
- Le meringue à la veuve
- Les salauds ont la vie dure
- The Clients du Central Hotel
- Par mesure de silence
literature
- Jean-Michel Arroyo (drawings), Jacques Hiron (text): La foire aux frisés 2003, ISBN 2-84608-111-5
Web links
- Literature by and about André Héléna in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Short biography (French)
- Portrait of Héléna (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Arroyo / Hiron: La foire aux frisés , p. 15
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Héléna, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French detective writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 8, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Narbonne |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 18, 1972 |
| Place of death | Leucate |