Pierre La Mure
Pierre La Mure (born June 15, 1899 in Nice , † December 28, 1976 in California ) was a French writer .
Life
Pierre La Mure was born in Nice on June 15, 1899 . He later studied law at the University of Aix-en-Provence and at the Sorbonne .
La Mure wrote a number of world-famous biographical novels. First he wrote the book King of the Night in 1937 , which is about the life of John D. Rockefeller . He lived in France until World War II and then immigrated to the United States . Moulin Rouge , based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec , was his first major success. The novel was made into a film by John Huston in 1952 , and the film later won two Academy Awards. His other works dealt with the lives of Cécile and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Claude Debussy . Little is known about the writer's later life. He died in California in 1976 at the age of 76.
Works (selection)
- Beyond Happiness ("Beyond Desire. A Novel Based on the Life of Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn "). Scherz Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-502-10401-8 .
- King of the Night ("Le roi de la nuit"). Wegener publishing house, Hamburg 1954 (novel about John D. Rockefeller ).
- Mona Lisa . A smile for the Medici ("The private life of Mona Lisa"). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1995, ISBN 3-548-23496-8 (reprint of the Cologne 1976 edition).
- Moulin Rouge . The Life of Henri Toulouse-Lautrec ; Roman ("Moulin Rouge"). Fischer Taschenbuchverlag, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 3-596-15912-1 (reprint of the Hamburg 1952 edition).
- Symphony of a Passion. The life novel of a great composer ("Clair de lune. A novel about Claude Debussy"). Knaur, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-426-02320-2 .
Film adaptations
- John Huston (Director): Moulin Rouge . 1952.
Web links
- Literature by and about Pierre La Mure in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | La Mure, Pierre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 28, 1976 |
| Place of death | California |