L茅o Malet (Author of Bloody Streets of Paris)

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L茅o Malet

Born

in Montpellier, France

March 07, 1909

Died

March 03, 1996

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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L茅o Malet est n茅脿 Montpellier en 1909. Attir茅 par l'茅criture et l'anarchie, il d茅cide 脿 l'芒ge de 16 ans de 芦 monter 禄脿 Paris, ou pour survivre il effectue une multitude de petits m茅tiers. En 1930, il fait la connaissance d'Andr茅 Breton et d茅couvre le surr茅alisme, dont il devient un familier. Apr猫s la guerre, L茅o Malet rencontre Louis Chavance qui lui sugg猫re d'茅crire des romans policiers, un genre encore inexistant en France. Malet produit alors d'alertes contrefa莽ons de Hard boiled am茅ricains qu'il signe des pseudonymes de Frank Harding ou L茅o Latimer. En 1943, il publie sous son v茅ritable nom, 120 rue de la gare, un roman policier tr猫s fran莽ais qui met en sc猫ne pour la premi猫re fois l'illustre Nestor Burma. C'est en 1953, lors d'une pro L茅o Malet est n茅脿 Montpellier en 1909. Attir茅 par l'茅criture et l'anarchie, il d茅cide 脿 l'芒ge de 16 ans de 芦 monter 禄脿 Paris, ou pour survivre il effectue une multitude de petits m茅tiers. En 1930, il fait la connaissance d'Andr茅 Breton et d茅couvre le surr茅alisme, dont il devient un familier. Apr猫s la guerre, L茅o Malet rencontre Louis Chavance qui lui sugg猫re d'茅crire des romans policiers, un genre encore inexistant en France. Malet produit alors d'alertes contrefa莽ons de Hard boiled am茅ricains qu'il signe des pseudonymes de Frank Harding ou L茅o Latimer. En 1943, il publie sous son v茅ritable nom, 120 rue de la gare, un roman policier tr猫s fran莽ais qui met en sc猫ne pour la premi猫re fois l'illustre Nestor Burma. C'est en 1953, lors d'une promenade, que L茅o Malet aura l'id茅e de faire de son priv茅 un nouveau 芦 pi茅ton de Paris 禄. Le soleil na卯t derri猫re le Louvre inaugure la s茅rie des Nouveaux Myst猫res de Paris, un an apr猫s. Chroniques r茅alistes de la vie des quartiers parisiens, Les Nouveaux Myst猫res de Paris donnent d茅finitivement 脿 son personnage ses lettres de noblesse. Avec 55 titres (dont 29 consacr茅s 脿 Nestor Burma), L茅o Malet a bien m茅rit茅 des Lettres fran莽aises. Il est mort en 1996.

(source: Pocket.fr)

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Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925.

In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with Andr茅 Breton, Ren茅 Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others. During this time, he published several volumes of poetry.

He died in Ch芒tillon, a little town just south of Paris where he had lived for most of his life, four days before his 87th birthday.

Though having dabbled in many genres, he is most famous for Nestor Burma, the anti-hero of Les Nouveaux Myst猫res de Paris. Burma, a cynical private detective, is an astute speaker of argot (French slang), an ex-Anarchist, a serial monogamist and an inveterate pipe smoker. Of the 33 novels detailing his adventures, eighteen take place in a sole arrondissement of Paris, in a sub-series of his exploits which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries of Paris" quoting Eugene Sue's seminal "feuilleton"; though he never completed the full 20 arrondissements as he originally planned. Apart from the novels, five short stories were also published, bringing the total of Burma's adventures to 38.

The comic artist Jacques Tardi adapted some of his books much to the author's approval claiming that he was the sole person to have visually understood his books; Tardi also provided cover illustrations for the Fleuve Noir editions of the novels, released from the 1980s onward. ...more

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	Bloody Streets of Paris (Nestor Burma #1) by L茅o Malet, Jacques Tardi, Art Spiegelman (Foreword by) 4.06 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1988 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	120 rue de la Gare by L茅o Malet, P. Hudson (Translator) 3.44 avg rating — 313 ratings — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trilogia nera by L茅o Malet, Luigi Bernardi (editor) 4.10 avg rating — 181 ratings — published 1969 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Niebla en el puente de Tolbiac by L茅o Malet, Luisa Feliu (Translation) 3.38 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1956 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La vita 猫 uno schifo by L茅o Malet, Luigi Bernardi (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rats of Montsouris 3.65 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1955 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il sole sorge dietro il Louvre by L茅o Malet, Federica Angelini (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1954 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Febbre nel Marais 3.74 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1955 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Le acque torbide di Javel (I nuovi misteri di Parigi, #10) 3.31 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1957 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il sole non 猫 per noi by L茅o Malet, Luigi Bernardi (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1949 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by L茅o Malet

Nestor Burma (28 books)
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“Tu ne leur ferais pas l'injure de tes hommages”
― L茅o Malet, Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac

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