Gilles Perrault

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Gilles Perrault (actually Jacques Peyroles ; born March 9, 1931 in Paris ) is a French journalist and novelist .

Life

Perrault attended the Institut d'études politiques de Paris , became a lawyer and initially practiced this profession for five years.

After the success of his essay Les Parachutistes (The Paratroopers), which was inspired by his military service in Algeria and for which he received the Prix ​​Aujourd'hui , he turned to journalism (reports on the India of Nehrus , the Olympic Games in Tokyo and the problem of blacks in the US ). He then undertook research into unknown aspects of the Second World War , in the course of which he wrote, among other things, a standard work on the Red Orchestra.

Le Secret du Jour J (1964) received an award from the Comité d'action de la Resistance and became an international bestseller. L'Orchestre Rouge (1967) became an even bigger success. In 1969 Perrault published a novel, Le Dossier 51 . A more recent important book was his description of the torture regime of Hassan II , the then King of Morocco , which had previously only been reported in flattering terms because of his close ties to the West . The book Le garçon aux yeux gris served as a template for André Téchiné's film Les Égarés .

Some of Perrault's books have also been translated into German.

Gilles Perrault is, together with the singer Renaud, one of the founding members of the group çA suffat comme ci , which wrote the Bastille appeal in 1989 . He is a member of the Comités Coordination française pour la Décennie for the promotion of nonviolence and a culture of peace. He also played a part in the founding of Ras l'front .

Works

  • "Dossier 51" . Verlag Gerhard Stalling, Oldenburg 1970
  • Gilles Perrault: On the trail of the Red Chapel . Rowohlt-Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 1968 (French: L'orchestre rouge .).
  • Notre ami le roi . (German: Our friend the King of Morocco - abysses of a modern despotism . Kiepenheuer, Leipzig / Weimar 1992)
  • Les jardins de l'observatoire . 1995 (German: The Gardens of the Observatory . Edition q, Berlin 1996); autobiographical report on Perrault's experiences with the Resistance as a child
  • Checkpoint Charlie Fayard: Paris 2008

Filmography

script

Literary template

  • 1960: The Sahara is on fire ( La Sahara brûle )
  • 1966: The Skin of the Other ( Avec la peau des autres )
  • 1979: The red sweater ( Le pull-over rouge )
  • 1993: The Lawyer ( Un crime ) - based on the novel Le Derapage

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Serialized in Spiegel 1968 (No. 21–30, May 21 to July 22, 1968) based on the book by Gilles Perrault:
    Password: director . In: Der Spiegel . No. 21 , 1968 ( online - article accompanying the series).
    I. Gilles Perrault: ptx calls moscow - The story of the Soviet spy ring "Red Chapel" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 21 , 1968 ( online ).
    II. Gilles Perrault: The agent network in Belgium . In: Der Spiegel . No. 22 , 1968 ( online ).
    III. Gilles Perrault: The agent network in France . In: Der Spiegel . No. 23 , 1968 ( online ).
    IV. Heinz Höhne: Counterstrike by the German defense . In: Der Spiegel . No. 24 , 1968 ( online ).
    V. Heinz Höhne: The Schulze-Boysen / Harnack group . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1968 ( online ).
    VI. Heinz Höhne: Between resistance and treason . In: Der Spiegel . No. 26 , 1968 ( online ).
    VII. Heinz Höhne: The Gestapo arrest . In: Der Spiegel . No. 27 , 1968 ( online ).
    VIII. Heinz Höhne: The end of the Schulze-Boysen / Harnack group . In: Der Spiegel . No. 28 , 1968 ( online ).
    IX. Gilles Perrault: The hunt for the Grand Chef . In: Der Spiegel . No. 29 , 1968 ( online ).
    X. Gilles Perrault: The German radio game with Moscow . In: Der Spiegel . No. 30 , 1968 ( online ).
personal data
SURNAME Perrault, Gilles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Peyroles, Jacques (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris