Paul Guimard
Paul Guimard (born March 3, 1921 in Saint-Mars-la-Jaille , Loire-Atlantique department , † May 2, 2004 in Hyères , Var department ) was a French writer.
Guimard began his career as a journalist . He published his first novel, Les faux frères , in 1956 and received the Grand Prix de l'Humour for it . A year later he received the Prix Interallié . His work Les choses de la vie was filmed in 1969 by Claude Sautet with Romy Schneider and Michel Piccoli . In the 1970s he wrote columns for L'Express magazine .
After the French Socialists won the elections in 1981, Paul Guimard briefly became an advisor to President François Mitterrand , with whom he had been friends since World War II .
Guimard shared his passion for fishing , sailing and the sea with his wife, the French novelist Benoîte Groult ( salt on our skin ). According to her, he died of a heart condition.
Works
- On a street in Paris
- One evening it had rained
- Encounters
- The things in life ( Les choses de la vie )
- Petrification ( L'Age de Pierre )
Film adaptations
- Literary template
- 1993: Encounters - Intersection (Intersection) , director: Mark Rydell , based on the script for "The Things of Life"
- script
- 1958: The night and its price (Cette nuit-là) , directed by Maurice Cazeneuve
- 1970: The things in life (Les choses de la vie)
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Guimard in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guimard, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Mars-la-Jaille |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 2, 2004 |
| Place of death | Hyeres |