Léo Malet

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Léo Malet (born March 7, 1909 in Montpellier , Hérault department , † March 3, 1996 in Châtillon-sous-Bagneux , Hauts-de-Seine department ) was a French writer and poet. He wrote a number of detective novels about the Parisian private investigator Nestor Burma .

Life

Malet did an apprenticeship as a bank clerk and went to Paris as an orphan in 1925 . There he was under the care of the editor André Colomer , who replaced his family and also played an important role in his later life. Also André Breton supported Malet. In Paris he was a clochard and, under the influence of the Surrealists, made his way as a chansonnier in the cabaret "Vache Enragée". He then started writing and worked as an office clerk, film statistician, journalist, editor of a fashion magazine and ghostwriter for an illiterate blackmailer. In 1940 he married Paulette Doucet, who had been his companion since 1928; The witnesses were Jacques Prévert and Oscar Dominguez . From 1940 to 1941 he was a prisoner of war in the Stalag XB near Sandbostel .

From 1930 he appeared as a poet in the Groupe Surréaliste . In the 1940s, Malet began to write crime novels, some under the pseudonym "Frank Harding". In addition to his own name, he also drew under Léo Latimer , Lionel Doucet , Jean de Selneuves , Noël Letam , Omer Refreger and Louis Refreger . He used John-Silver Lee as nom de plume together with his friends Serge Arcouët and Thomas Narcejac .

In 1943 his novel 120, Rue de la Gare , was published, the beginning of a series about the Parisian private detective Nestor Burma , on which he wrote for the next 30 years. Was known Nestor Burma by 15 detective novels representing the cycle of the new Mysteries of Paris form. This is a reference to the famous novel The Secrets of Paris by Eugène Sue . Each of these novels is set in a different Parisian arrondissement .

Four days before his 87th birthday, Léo Malet died on March 3, 1996 in Châtillon, where he found his final resting place.

Awards

Works (selection)

Les nouveaux mystères de Paris
  1. Arrondissement: pictures don't bleed (“Le soleil nait derriere le Louvre”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1988, ISBN 3-89151-011-X .
  2. Arrondissement: material for many corpses ("Des kilometers de Linceuls"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1985, ISBN 3-89151-016-0 .
  3. Arrondissement: Marais Fever ("Fièvre au Marais"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1985, ISBN 3-89151-017-9 .
  4. Arrondissement: track into the ghetto ("Du Rebecca rue des Rosiers"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1986, ISBN 3-89151-026-8 .
  5. Arrondissement: Bambule on Boul mich ("Micmac moche au Boul 'Mich'"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1986, ISBN 3-89151-027-6 .
  6. Arrondissement: The nights of St. Germain ("La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1986, ISBN 3-89151-035-7 .
  7. Arrondissement: -
  8. Arrondissement: Corrida on the Champs-Elysees ("Corrida aux Champs-Elysees"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1986, ISBN 3-89151-036-5 .
  9. Arrondissement: stress about suspenders ("Boulevard ... ossements"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1987, ISBN 3-89151-040-3 .
  10. Arrondissement: How do I look after death? ("M'as-tu vu en cadavre?"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1985, ISBN 3-89151-012-8 .
  11. Arrondissement: -
  12. Arrondissement: No ticket for death (“Casse-pipe à la Nation”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1987, ISBN 3-89151-041-1 .
  13. Arrondissement: The Bridge in the Fog ("Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1987, ISBN 3-89151-050-0 .
  14. Arrondissement: The rats in the Mäuseberg ("Les rats de Montsouris"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1987, ISBN 3-89151-051-9 .
  15. Arrondissement: A clochard with bad cards ("Les eaux troubles de Javel"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1988, ISBN 3-89151-059-4 .
  16. Arrondissement: The silent gold of the old lady (“Pas de bavards à la Muette”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1988, ISBN 3-89151-060-8 .
  17. Arrondissement: Whoever lies in the cemetery ... ("L'envahissant cadavre de la plaine Monceau"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1988, ISBN 3-89151-060-8 .
  18. Arrondissement: -
Investigations by Nestor Burma
  • One hundred twenty, rue de la Gare ("Cent vingt, rue de la Gare"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1989, ISBN 3-89151-070-5 .
  • Nestor Burma in a tight spot ("Nestor Burma contre CQFD"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1989, ISBN 3-89151-075-6 .
  • Flowers, coke and blue blood (“L'Homme au Sang bleu”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1990, ISBN 3-89151-092-6 .
  • Deadly pralines (“Nestor Burma et le Monstre”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1990, ISBN 3-89151-097-7 .
  • The fifth procedure (“Le Cinquième Procédé”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1991, ISBN 3-89151-109-4 .
  • Applause for a corpse (“Gros plan du macchabé”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1991, ISBN 3-89151-123-X .
  • A dead person has no account (“Le paletots sans someches”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1992, ISBN 3-89151-134-5 .
  • Red light murder ("Nestor Burma en direct"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1993, ISBN 3-89151-158-2 .
  • When the dead have black feet (“Nestor Burma revient au bercai”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1993, ISBN 3-89151-169-8 .
  • In the shadow of Montmartre (“Drôle d'épreuve pour Nestor Burma”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1992, ISBN 3-89151-145-0 .
  • The scented breath of death (“Un croque-mort nommé Nestor”). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1994, ISBN 3-89151-210-4 .
  • The dead speak short sentences ("Nestor Burma dans l'ile"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1994, ISBN 3-89151-213-9 .
  • Bloodbath in Boulogne ("Nestor Burma court la poupée"). Elster Verlag, Bühl-Moos 1995, ISBN 3-89151-217-1 .
  • Coliques de Plomb . 1948.
  • La neiges de Montmartre .
  • La femme sans enfant .
  • Le deuil en rouge .
  • Une aventure unédite de Nestor Burma .
  • Poste restante .
  • Solution ou cimetière et autres enquêtes de Nestor Burma . UGE, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-264-01333-8 .
Nestor Burma anthology
  • Paris of Crime. Nestor Burma's Classic Falls . Zweausendeins Verlag, PAris 2008, ISBN 978-3-86150-890-8 (content: from the 1st – 3rd, 6th, 10th and 12th – 16th arrondissement).
Black trilogy
  1. Life sucks (“La vie est dégueulasse”). Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89401-391-2 .
  2. The sun doesn't shine for us (“Le soleil n'est pas pour nous”). Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-89401-725-5 .
  3. Fear in the stomach ("Sueur aux tripes"). 2nd edition Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-89401-373-8 .
Miscellaneous
  • In the shadow of the great wall. Detective novel ("L'Ombre du grand mur"). Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-89401-227-7 .
  • The last train from Austerlitz ("Le dernier train d'Austerlitz"). Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-89401-240-4 .

Film adaptations

  • 1959 - The Shadow of Paris ( Enigme aux Folies-Bergères ) - Director: Jean Mitry
  • 1982 - Die Spürnase ( Nestor Burmas, détective de choc ) - Director: Jean-Luc Miesch
  • 1991 - Nestor Burma's Adventure in Paris: Silence is Gold ( Pas de bavards à la muette ) - Director: Henri Helman
  • 1992 - Nestor Burma's adventure in Paris: once is never ( Le soleil naît derrière le louvre ) - directed by Joyce Buñuel

Radio plays

  • Life sucks ( SWR 2002, director: Leonhard Koppelmann )
  • The sun doesn't shine for us (SWR 2002, director: Leonhard Koppelmann)
  • Fear in the stomach (SWR 2002, director: Leonhard Koppelmann)

Comic adaptations

  • Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac (Casterman, 1982); German The Bridge in the Fog (Carlsen, 1984), illustrated by Jacques Tardi
  • 120, rue de la Gare (Casterman, 1988); German 120, rue de la gare (Ed. Moderne, 1988), illustrated by Jacques Tardi
  • Une gueule de bois en plomb (Casterman, 1990); German lead in the bones (Ed. Moderne, 1989), illustrated by Jacques Tardi (not a novel adaptation , but "modeled on the world of Léo Malet")
  • Casse-pipe à la Nation (Casterman, 1996); German No Ticket for Death (Ed. Moderne, 1997), illustrated by Jacques Tardi
  • M'as-tu vu en cadavre? (Casterman, 2000); dt. How does death suit me? (Ed. Moderne, 2000), illustrated by Jacques Tardi
  • La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (Casterman, 2010); German The long night of Saint Germain des Prés (Schreiber & Reader, 2010), illustrated by Emmanuel Moynot , ISBN 978-3-941239-39-5
  • Le Soleil naît derrière le Louvre (Casterman, 2010); German pictures don't bleed (Schreiber & Leser, 2010), illustrated by Emmanuel Moynot, ISBN 978-3-941239-54-8
  • L'envahissant cadavre de la plaine Monceau (Casterman, 2009); dt. Whoever lies in the cemetery ... (Schreiber & Leser, 2012), illustrated by Emmanuel Moynot, ISBN 978-3-941239-80-7
  • Boulevard ... ossements (Casterman, 2013); German Stress for Suspenders (Schreiber & Leser, 2014), illustrated by Nicolas Barral , ISBN 978-3-943808-36-0

literature

  • Alfu: Léo Malet. Parcours d'une œuvre . Encrage, Amiens 1998, ISBN 2-906389-92-7 .
  • Laurent Bourdelas: Le Paris de Nestor Burma. L'occupation et les “Trente glorieuses” de Léo Malet; essai . l'Harmattan, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-296-02462-5 .
  • Anita Caignet: Les incipits dans les romans policiers de Léo Malet . Dissertation, University of Lille 2004.
  • Nadia Doukar: Étude du pouvoir de fascination du personage pricipal dans le roman policier. À partir des personages d ' Arsène Lupine de Maurice Leblanc , de Jules Maigret de Georges Simenon , de Nestor Burma de Léo Malet . Dissertation, University of Paris 2004.
  • Michelle Emanuel: From surrealism to less-exquisite cadavers. Léo Malet and the evolution of the French " Roman noir " . Rodopi, Amsterdam 2006, ISBN 978-90-420-2080-1 (also dissertation, University of Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2000).
  • Francis Lacassin: biography . In: Léo Malet: Angst im Bauch Nautilus / Nemo press, Hamburg 1989, ISBN 3-89401-154-8 , pp. 151–157 (short biography until 1985).
  • Léo Malet: material for many lives. Autobiography (“La vache enragée”). Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89401-173-4 .
  • Frauke Ritter: The perpetrator and his milieu. Research into selected crime novels by Léo Malet . Master's thesis, University of Göttingen 1991.

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personal data
SURNAME Malet, Léo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harding, Frank (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French author
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Montpellier , France
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1996
Place of death Châtillon-sous-Bagneux , France