Boris Vian

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Boris Vian

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born
in Ville D’Avray, France
March 10, 1920

died
June 23, 1959

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Boris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered for novels such as L’Écume des jours and L'Arrache-cœur (translated into English as Froth on the Daydream and Heartsnatcher, respectively). He is also known for highly controversial "criminal" fiction released under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan and some of his songs (particularly the anti-war Le Déserteur). Vian was also fascinated with jazz: he served as liaison for, among others, 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.


Average rating: 3.99 · 14,067 ratings · 605 reviews · 133 distinct works · Similar authors
L'Écume des jours
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 5,740 ratings — published 1947 — 74 editions
I Spit on Your Graves
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 2,094 ratings — published 1946 — 46 editions
Heartsnatcher
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 1,437 ratings — published 1953 — 38 editions
Autumn in Peking
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 813 ratings — published 1947 — 25 editions
L'Herbe Rouge
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 667 ratings19 editions
Et on tuera tous les affreux
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 550 ratings — published 1946 — 15 editions
Blues for a Black Cat and O...
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3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1949 — 11 editions
The Dead All Have the Same ...
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3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 395 ratings — published 1947 — 14 editions
Le Loup Garou
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 1970 — 12 editions
Je voudrais pas crever
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions
More books by Boris Vian…
“There are only two things: love, all sorts of love, with pretty girls, and the music of New Orleans or Duke Ellington. Everything else ought to go, because everything else is ugly. ”
Boris Vian

“Les boutiques de fleuristes n'ont jamais de rideau de fer. Personne ne cherche à voler des fleurs.”
Boris Vian

“Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir.”
Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours

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