Michel Folco

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Michel Folco (born September 29, 1943 in Albi , France ) is a French photographer and writer .

Life

Before becoming a writer, Folco worked as a photographer for Black Star , Gamma and Sipa agencies . In the 1980s, Folco became famous for an incident on the Berlin Wall in which he and a GDR photographer took photos of each other. His book The Right Hand of God (original title: Dieu et nous seuls pouvons ) from 1991 tells the story of the Pibracs, a dynasty of executioners. The book was filmed in 1993 under the title Justinien Trouvé ou le Bâtard de Dieu by Christian Fechner with Pierre-Olivier Mornas in the leading role. The production design was nominated for the César in 1994. In February 2015, Pierre Makyo and Federico Nardo published Un loup est un loup Tome 1, a comic adaptation of Folco's novel of the same name.

Works

  • 1976: Ile Maurice , Les Editions Du Pacifique, Singapore.
  • 1991: Dieu et nous seuls pouvons (German title: The Right Hand of God , translated in 1998 by Barbara Reitz, btb Verlag).
  • 1995: Un loup est un loup , Éditions du Seuil (German title: Wolfsjunge , 2002, btb Verlag).
  • 2001: En avant comme avant! .
  • 2008: Même le mal se fait bien .
  • 2010: La Jeunesse mélancolique et très désabusée d'Adolf Hitler , Publisher Points.

Awards

In 1995 Folco received the Prix ​​Jean d'Heurs du Roman Historique for Un loup est un loup .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thierry Noir: Meeting at the Wall with the border police of the GDR. In: be.berlin.de, November 7, 2008.
  2. ^ Justinien Trouvé, ou le bâtard de Dieu In: imdb.com. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
  3. ↑ Un loup est un loup Tome 1 In: lefigaro.fr. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  4. ↑ Prix Jean d'Heurs du Roman Historique In: prix-litteraires.net. Retrieved October 22, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Folco, Michel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French photographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Albi , France