Francis Ryck

Francis Ryck (born March 4, 1920 in Paris ; † August 19, 2007 ibid), actually Yves Delville , was a French writer.

Life

Yves Delville is known for his crime and espionage novels , most of which he published under the pseudonym Francis Ryck . Many of his works were also made into films.

At the age of over 87, Francis Ryck died on August 19, 2007 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

• 1969 Grand prix de littérature policière for the novel Drôle de pistole .

Works (selection)

• Rendezvous fatal. Novel . Ullstein, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-548-24391-6 .
• Nobody should survive ... (“Paris va mourir”). Scherz Verlag, Munich 1972.
• Don't flee with strangers. Detective novel ("Le compagnon indésirable"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1975, ISBN 3-499-42335-9 .
• All strings in your hand. Detective novel ("Le cimetière de durs"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1972, ISBN 3-499-42254-9 .
• Do you want to die with me? ("Voulez-vous mourir avec moi?"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1975, ISBN 3-499-42353-7 .
• The price of things (“Le prix des choses”). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1976, ISBN 3-499-42374-X .
• Dying is not so important ("effraction"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1977, ISBN 3-499-42426-6 .
• The executors. Detective novel ("Le testament d'Amerique"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1977, ISBN 3-499-42410-X .
• A trap for three people (“Le piêge”). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1983, ISBN 3-499-42647-1 .
• Honest is the shortest ("Pière de se pencher au-dehors"). Rowohlt, Rowohlt 1980, ISBN 3-499-42518-1 .
• A transmitter in my luggage (“Drôle de pistole”). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1971, ISBN 3-499-42222-0 .
• Like sand between your fingers. Detective novel ("Les chasseurs de sable"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1974, ISBN 3-499-42313-8 .

Film adaptations

• 1964: Oscar's got a screw loose (Une souris chez les hommes) - Director: Jacques Poitrenaud (based on the novel Les heures ouvrables )
• 1970: The man with the torpedo skin (La peau de torpédo) Director: Jean Delannoy (based on the novel La peau de torpédo )
• 1973: Me - number one (Le silencieux) - Director: Claude Pinoteau (based on the novel Le silencieux )
• 1974: The network of a thousand eyes (Le secret) - Director: Robert Enrico (based on the novel Le compagnon indésirable )
• 1983: Escape into the Abyss (Effraction) - Directed by Daniel Duval (based on the novel Effraction )
• 1984: Les fils des alligators - Director: André Farwagi (based on the novel of the same name)
• 1986: Honorable crooks (Conseil de famille) - Director: Costa-Gavras (based on the novel Conseil de famille )
• 1987: Le cimetière de durs - directed by Yves Butler (based on the novel of the same name)
• 1988: Deux minutes de soleil en plus - Director: Gérard Vergez (based on the novel of the same name)
• 1988: The Kiss of the Tiger - Director: Petra Haffter (based on the novel Voulez vous mourir avec moi? )
• 1992: Les genoux cagneux - Director: Hervé Baslé (based on the novel of the same name)

literature

• Michel Lebrun: Le guide de "polar". Histoire du roman policier français. Editions Syros, Paris 1987, ISBN 2-86738-221-1 .
• Alistair Rolls, Deborah Walker: French and American Noir. Dark crossings . Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke 2009, ISBN 978-0-230-53690-6 .