Gilles Perrault

Gilles Perrault (b March 9 1931) is a left-wing French writer and journalist.He attended the Collège Stanislas de Paris and then studied at the Institut d'études politiques, eventually becoming a lawyer, a profession he worked in for five years.After the success of his essay 'Les Parachutistes', inspired by his military service in Algeria, he became a journalist and wrote articles about Nehru's India, the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the problems of African Americans in the United States. He then investigated less known aspects of the Second World War.

'Le Secret du Jour J' (1964) won a prize from the Comité d'action de la Résistance and was an international bestseller. 'L'Orchestre Rouge' (1967) was even more successful. In 1969 Perrault published a novel, "Le dossier 51".

In 1993 Perrault published 'Notre ami le roi'('Our Friend the King') about the regime and human rights abuses of Hassan II, at the time king of Morocco who had until then been reported in a positive light due to his close relations with the Western World. Perrault's book "Le Garçon aux yeux gris" was adapted by André Téchiné for the film "Les Égarés".

Bibliography

* L' orchestre rouge
* Notre ami le roi 1993 ISBN 2-07-032695-0
* Le jardins de l'observatoire 1995
* Le pull over rouge ISBN 2-253-02543-7

External links

* [http://www.biblioweb.org/-PERRAULT-Gilles-.html Biblioweb : biography, bibliography] (French)