- Jacques Lanzmann
Jacques Lanzmann (b.
May 4 1927 ,Bois-Colombes - d.June 21 2006 ,Paris ) was a French writer, scriptwriter and lyric writer.Biography
Jacques Lanzmann has had various occupations through his life. At the age of twelve he was a farm worker, from 1948 to 1955 he was an artist, and during the years 1952 and 1953 was also a miner in Chile. He then entered the literary world in 1954 with "La glace est rompue" ("The ice is broken").
Since that year, his literary career has been marked by his activity as a literary critic for the French magazine "Lettres françaises", by the creation of the publishing company Les Editions Spéciales, in collaboration with
Jean-Claude Lattes and by the creation and the editorial management of the publishing company Jacques Lanzmann et Seghers Editeurs. He was a journalist for the French magazine L'Express from 1960 to 1962, and participated in the creation of the mens's magazine "Lui ".Jacques Lanzmann was also a film producer and scriptwriter, notably for the films of
Philippe Labro . He is the author of more than 150 songs, including several for French singerJacques Dutronc and some for French female singer Régine. Fond of travelling, he was a chronicler on the television channel "Voyage" from 1997 to his death.He was very attached to his home region, the Auvergne, and in particular to
Mont-Mouchet (in the French departmentHaute-Loire ).He was married four times and had seven children.
He died in
June 21 2006 , aged 79, inParis , the city that he had celebrated in his song "Il est cinq heures, Paris s'éveille".His funeral was held on
June 26 in at the cemetery Père-Lachaise.Bibliography
* "
La Glace est rompue "
* "Le Rat d'Amérique " (1956)
* "Cuir de Russie " (1957)
* "Les Passagers du Sidi-Brahim " (1958)
* "Un tyran sur le sable " (1959)
* "Viva Castro " (1959)
* "Qui vive! " (1965)
* "Le Têtard " (1976)
* "Les Transsibériennes " (1978)
* "Rue des Mamours " (1981)
* "Une vie de famille " (Plon , January 2006)External links
*imdb name|id=0487353|name=Jacques Lanzmann
FRref|Jacques Lanzmann|2006-06-24 [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Lanzmann]
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