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Boris Vian
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10 Mar 1920
† 29 Jun 1959
Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Biography
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...
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Boris Vian's Movies
67%
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
19 Dec 1956
64%
Dangerous Love Affairs
09 Sept 1959
61%
Vadim Mister Cool
28 Dec 2016
53%
Le Bel Âge
10 Feb 1960
45%
A Girl in a Pocket
06 Nov 1957
90%
Gainsbourg, toute une vie
20 Feb 2021
60%
Rage, Sex, and Jazz: I Spit on Your Graves by Vernon Sullivan
09 Nov 2022
10%
Boris Vian, un cœur qui battait trop fort
13 Mar 2020
0%
Boris Vian: The Jazz Life
18 Jun 2009
0%
La chasse à l'homme
14 Oct 1952
0%
Le cinéma de Boris Vian
17 Dec 2011
0%
An amateur Film
01 Jan 1947
0%
Hôtel La Louisiane
18 Nov 2015
0%
La Joconde, histoire d'une obsession
30 Apr 1958
0%
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
15 Apr 1954
0%
The Miracle of St. Anne
01 Jan 1950
