Jacques Perret (writer)

Jacques Perret (writer)

:"For the 16th-century architect and mathematician from Savoy, see Jacques Perret"

Jacques Perret (September 8, 1901 - December 10, 1992) was a French writer best known for his novel "Le Caporal Épinglé" (1947), which tells the story of his captivity in Germany and of his escape attempts. This novel would later be adapted into a film by famous French director Jean Renoir in 1962. Perret was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story for the film "The Sheep Has Five Legs" (1954).

Works

;Chronicles
* 1953 "Bâtons dans les roues", Gallimard
* 1954 "Cheveux sur la soupe", Gallimard
* 1957 "Salades de saison", Gallimard
* 1964 "Le vilain temps", Le Fuseau
* 1980 "Un marché aux puces",Julliard

;Novels
* 1936 "Roucou",Gallimard
* 1937 "Ernest le rebelle", Gallimard
* 1947 "Le caporal épinglé", Gallimard
* 1948 "Le vent dans les voiles",Gallimard
* 1951 "Bande à part", Gallimard
* 1953 "Mutinerie à bord", Amiot-Dumont
* 1961 "Les biffins de Gonesse", Gallimard
* 1969 "La compagnie des eaux", Gallimard

;Short stories
* 1947 "l’Oiseau rare", Gallimard
* 1949 "Objets perdus",Gallimard
* 1951 "la Bête Mahousse",Gallimard
* 1953 "Histoires sous le vent", Gallimard
* 1955 "Le machin", Gallimard
* 1981 "Tirelires",Julliard

;Memories
* 1975 "Grands chevaux et dadas", Gallimard
* 1976 "Raisons de famille", Gallimard
* 1980 "Un marché aux puces", Julliard
* 1982 "Belle lurette", Julliard
* 1985 "Le jardin des Plantes", Julliard

;Various
* 1964 Preface to Rabelais's "Pantagruel", Gallimard
* 1965 "Rapport sur le paquet de gris", Aspects de la France
* 1979 Preface to Alexandre Vialatte's "C'est ainsi qu'Allah est grand", Julliard
* 1964 "Trois pièces" (Maximilien, Monsieur Georges, Caracalla), Editions Gallimard (plays)
* 1989 "Les collectionneurs", Le Dilettante
* 1991 "Articles de sport", Julliard
* 1992 "Comme Baptiste...ou les tranquillisants à travers les âges", Le Dilettante
* 1996 "François, Alfred, Gustave et les autres", Le Dilettante
* 2004 "L'aventure en bretelles", followed by "Un Blanc chez les Rouges", Le Dilettante
* 2005 "Chroniques", Arcadia Editions


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