Sébastien Japrisot
Sébastien Japrisot (real name: Jean-Baptiste Rossi; born July 4, 1931 in Marseille , † March 4, 2003 in Vichy ) was a French writer , screenwriter , director and translator . His pseudonym is an anagram of his real name. Japrisot is considered one of the most influential French crime writers.
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Japrisot's first novel Prélude d'amour ( Les mal partis ) was published in France and the USA in 1950 under his real name Jean-Baptiste Rossi. In 1953 he translated JD Salinger's cult novel The Catcher in the Rye into French. In addition to his writing activities, Japrisot worked for a Paris advertising agency.
In 1962 Japrisot wrote the crime novel Murder Included in the Fare ( Compartiment tueurs ), which became a bestseller. In 1965 the book was made into a film by Constantin Costa-Gavras with Yves Montand . This was followed by the novels Piège pour Cendrillon , for which Japrisot was awarded the 1963 Grand prix de littérature policière and in 1966 La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil , which was awarded the Prix d'Honneur and was made into two films: 1970 by Anatole Litvak and 2015 by Joann Sfar . 1977 followed the crime Bloody summer , the Jean Becker in 1983 as One Deadly Summer filmed and 1991. The mimosa Hossegor ( Un Long Engagement ) his last novel, in 2005 under the title Mathilde - A great love of Jean-Pierre Jeunet with Audrey Tautou was made into a film.
Japrisot himself directed twice: in 1976 he filmed his debut novel Les mal partis , followed by his feature film Juillet en septembre in 1988 .
Works (selection)
- 1952: Prélude d'amour ( Les Mal Partis )
- 1962: Murder included in the fare ( Compartiment tueurs )
- 1963: Trap for Cinderella ( Piège pour Cendrillon )
- 1966: The lady in the car with sunglasses and rifle ( La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil )
- 1968: Weekend in the safe . Translation Erika Tophoven-Schöningh ( Adieu l'ami )
- 1972: Run when you can't shoot ( La Course du lièvre à travers les champs )
- 1977: Bloody Summer ( L'Été meurtrier )
- 1991: The Mimosa of Hossegor ( Un long dimanche de fiançailles )
Awards
- 1963: Grand prix de littérature policière - National category for Compartiment tueurs (German murder included in the fare)
- 1968: Dagger Award - Best foreign detective novel category for The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (Original: La Dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil ; German: The lady in the car with sunglasses and a gun)
- 1978: Prix des Deux Magots for L'Été meurtrier (German Bloody Summer)
- 1981: Swedish Crime Award - Category Best Detective Novel Translated into Swedish for Vedergällningen (Original: L'Été meurtrier)
- 1984: César - Best Adapted Screenplay category for L'Été meurtrier
- 1991: Prix Interallié for Un long dimanche de fiançailles (Eng. The Mimosa of Hossegor)
Film adaptations
- 1965: Murder included in the fare (Compartiment tueurs) - Director: Constantin Costa-Gavras - Screenplay based on his novel
- 1965: Hungry for Life (Piège pour Cendrillon) - Director: André Cayatte - Roman Trap for Cinderella as a template and collaboration on the screenplay by Cayatte and Jean Anouilh
- 1968: Friends don't "sing" with cops (Adieu l'ami) - Director: Jean Herman - Screenplay
- 1969: The lady in the car with glasses and rifle (La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil) - directed by Anatole Litvak - literary source
- 1969: He came out of the rain (Le passager de la pluie) - Director: René Clément - Screenplay; 1971 nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the category Best Motion Picture
- 1972: Driven hunt (La course du lièvre à travers les champs) - Director: René Clément - Screenplay
- 1975: The Story of O (Histoire d'O.) - Director: Just Jaeckin - Screenplay
- 1975: Declared fair game (Folle à tuer) - Director: Yves Boisset - Screenplay based on the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette
- 1976: Love Story of a Nun (Les Mal Partis) - director and screenplay
- 1982: A murderous summer (L'été meurtrier) - director: Jean Becker - screenplay based on his novel
- 1988: Juillet en septembre - director and screenplay
- 1999: A summer in the country (Les enfants du marais) - director: Jean Becker - screenplay
- 2001: Un crime au Paradis - director: Jean Becker - script collaboration
- 2004: Mathilde - A great love (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) - director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet - literary source: Die Mimosen von Hossegor (awarded the Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best Motion Picture category in 2005 )
- 2015: La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil - Director: Joann Sfar - Screenplay based on the novel of the same name
Web links
- Literature by and about Sébastien Japrisot in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sébastian Japrisot at IMDb
Individual evidence
- ↑ Un long dimanche de fiancailles. Retrieved November 19, 2015 .
- ↑ FOLLE A Door (1975). In: BFI. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Folle à Tuer. In: Time Out. Retrieved October 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Tulard, Jean: GUIDE DES FILMS. AK . Robert Laffont, 1997, ISBN 978-2-221-08640-7 (French).
- ↑ appeared after DNB for the first time in 2005 under the title Mathilde - a great love
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Japrisot, Sébastien |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rossi, Jean-Baptiste (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French journalist, screenwriter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 4, 2003 |
| Place of death | Vichy |