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10 Mar 1920

Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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Boris Vian

Boris Vian (10 March 1920 – 23 June 1959) was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered today for his novels. Those published under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan were bizarre parodies of criminal fiction, highly controversial at the time of their release. Vian's other fiction, published under his real name, featured a highly individual writing style with numerous made-up words, subtle wordplay and surrealistic plots. L'Écume des jours (Froth on the Daydream) is the best known of these works, and one of the few translated into English. Vian was also an important influence on the French jazz scene. He served as liaison for Hoagy Carmichael, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews (Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz) and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France. His own music and songs enjoyed popularity during his lifetime, particularly the anti-war song "Le Déserteur" (The Deserter). 

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

19 December 1956

Dangerous Love Affairs

9 September 1959

Le Bel Âge

10 February 1960

Vadim Mister Cool

28 December 2016

A Girl in a Pocket

6 November 1957

Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan

9 November 2022

Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort

13 March 2020

Boris Vian, la vie jazz

18 June 2009

La chasse à l'homme

14 October 1952

Le cinéma de Boris Vian

17 December 2011