Francis Lacassin
Francis Lacassin (born November 18, 1931 in Saint-Jean-du-Gard , France , † August 12, 2008 in Paris ) was a French journalist , writer and screenwriter .
Life
As a journalist he worked for L'Express and Point , among others . He later became known through numerous essays on fantastic literature , comics and detective novels . With his essay Pour un neuvième art: La bande dessinée from 1971 he coined the term “ninth art” for comics.
Fonts
- Pour un neuvième art: la bande dessinée , coll.Essai, Folio, Paris, 1971.
- Sur les chemins qui marchent (mémoires de l'auteur), éd. du Rocher, 2006, ISBN 978-2268059891
- Tarzan ou le Chevalier crispé , 10/18 . L'ouvrage comprend en annexe un lexique de la langue grand-singe .
- Pour Une Contre Histoire Du Cinéma
- Sous le masque de Léo Malet : Nestor Burma (éd. Encrage )
- Louis Feuillade , Anthologie du cinéma , 1966
- La société des cinéromans (1918-1930)
- Louis Feuillade: Maître du cinéma populaire , with Patrice Gauthier, Découvertes Gallimard series (nº 486), Gallimard, 2006, ISBN 2070319261
literature
- Alfred Machin : De la jungle à l'écran , Paris, Dreamland, 2001, 223 p.
Web links
- Literature by and about Francis Lacassin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Francis Lacassin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lacassin, Francis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist, writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Jean-du-Gard |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 12, 2008 |
| Place of death | Paris |