Gérard Jarlot (1923–1966) was a French journalist, screenwriter and novelist, winner of the Prix Médicis in 1963.[1]
Jarlot met Marguerite Duras[2] in 1957. She dedicated the novel Moderato cantabile to him. With her, he adapted the book and wrote the dialogues for Seven Days... Seven Nights directed by Peter Brook in 1960.[3]
In 1960, he signed the Manifesto of the 121 entitled "Declaration on the Right to draft evasion in the Algerian War".[4]
Work
editLiterature
edit- 1943: Le Périple d'Autun, short stories
- 1946: Les Armes blanches,[5] novel (Éditions Gallimard)
- 1948: Un mauvais lieu,[6] novel (Gallimard)
- 1963: Un chat qui aboie,[7] novel — Prix Médicis
Screenplays
edit- 1964: La Chambre (telefilm) by Michel Mitrani, in collaboration with Michel Mitrani
- 1964: Sans merveille (telefilm) by Michel Mitrani
- 1961-1963 : L'Itinéraire marin by Jean Rollin, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras
- 1961: The Long Absence by Henri Colpi, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras
- 1960: Seven Days... Seven Nights by Peter Brook, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras[8]
References
edit- ^ "FÉMINA : Roger Vrigny MÉDICIS : Gérard Jarlot". Le Monde (in French). 26 November 1963. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ "Le secret de Marguerite Duras". LExpress.fr. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ "Moderato cantabile". IMDB. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Sirinelli, Jean-François (12 January 1998). "Algérie, Manifeste des 121. «Déclaration sur le droit à l'insoumission dans la guerre d'Algérie»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Les Armes blanches on WorldCat
- ^ Un mauvais lieu in Esprit
- ^ Un chat qui aboie
- ^ Films by Gérad Jarlot on Télérama
