Paul Vialar
Paul Vialar (born September 18, 1898 in Saint-Denis , Département Seine-Saint-Denis , † January 8, 1996 in Vaucresson , Département Hauts-de-Seine ) was a French writer.
life and work
Vialar was the son of the wine merchant Pierre Vialar (1845-1904) and his second wife Geneviève Nabielak (1855-1911).
In 1916 Vialar volunteered and fought in the infantry until the end of the First World War . Before the peace negotiations , he came to Paris and settled there. From 1921 he studied at the École des hautes études commerciales de Paris (→ Grande école ).
After his first literary attempts as a schoolboy or as a soldier, the first works were created during his studies that also found their publisher. Robert Denoël , whom Vialar knew from the war, recorded a great many of his works in his publishing house or took care of their publication.
Paul Vialar died in January 1996 at the age of 98 in Vaucresson, where he found his final resting place.
Honors
- 1939 Prix Femina for La rose de la mer
- 1948 Grand Prix de la ville de Paris for La mort est un commencement (eight volumes)
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- The Rue Paul Vialar in Blaye-les-Mines ( Département Tarn ) was named in his honor.
Works (selection)
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Le bal des sauvages . Paris 1948
- German: The dance of the lemurs. Novel . Zsolnay, Vienna 1949.
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La grande meute . Paris 1949.
- German: The great pack. Novel . German book club, Berlin 1949.
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La chasse aux hommes . Paris 1952.
- German: Madame de Viborne. Novel . Goldmann, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-442-03704-2 (EA Berlin 1967)
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La rose de la mer . Paris 1939.
- German: Freight for Konstanza. Novel . Neff, Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-7014-0173-X (former title: Die Seerose . Vienna 1953)
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Safari verité . Flammarion, Paris 1970.
- German: Safari into happiness. Novel . Herder, Freiburg / B. 1975, ISBN 3-451-17182-1 .
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Le triangle de fer .
- German: Escape from the green hell. Novel . Herder, Freiburg / B. 1979, ISBN 3-451-17776-5 .
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Mon seul amour .
- German: Jean and Isabelle. A love for life . 3rd edition Herder, Freiburg / B. 1974, ISBN 3-451-16600-3 .
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Le petit garçon de l'ascenseur .
- English: Achter Stock s'il vous plaît. The big adventure of a little lift boy . Goldmann, Munich 1968.
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Les quatre zingari .
- German: Under the open sky. Novel . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1965.
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Clara et les mechants .
- German: Clara and the villains. Novel . Neff, Vienna 1959.
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L'Éperon d'argent . Paris 1951.
- German: The silver spur. Novel . Broschek, Hamburg 1952.
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Une ombre . Paris 1946.
- German: A shadow. An ugly novel . Cesam Publishing House, Vienna 1948.
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Pas de temps pour mourir . Paris 1958.
- German: ... no time to die. Novel . Droste, Düsseldorf 1963.
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Vialar in the catalog of the German National Library
- Paul Vialar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paul Vialar with Robert Denoël
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Vialar, Paul |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Saint-Denis , Seine-Saint-Denis department |
DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1996 |
Place of death | Vaucresson , Hauts-de-Seine department |