Loup Durand
Writer
Loup Durand (1933-1995) was a French crime writer. He was born in Flassans-sur-Issole and studied in Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, London and New York. He worked in a variety of professions such as barman, docker, flight attendant, interpreter, and journalist. He began his career as a professional writer at the age of forty-three. He wrote numerous thrillers, some under pseudonyms such as "H. L. Dugall" and "Michaël Borgia", the latter used with Pierre Rey. He won several prizes for his work: 1967 Prix du Quai des Orfèvres for La Porte d'or (written under the pen name HL Dugall); 1976 Prix du roman d'aventures for Un amour d'araignée; 1987 Prix Maison de la Presse for Daddy. Daddy was translated into English by J. Maxwell Brownjohn. It was made into a bande dessinee illustrated by Rene Follet, and a movie in 2003, featuring Klaus Maria Brandauer. Durand also wrote scripts, e.g. for the Alain Delon thriller Dancing Machine and for the 1982 TV series The Tiger Brigades. Source: Article "Loup Durand" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: September 18, 1933 in Flassans-sur-Issole, Var, France
Died: April 18, 1995 (Age 61)
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TV Show | Actor | Self 2 Episodes | 1975-1990 | |
Movie | Writing | Novel | 2003 | |
Movie | Writing | Novel | 1997 | |
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