Boris Vianauthor profile |
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| born | March 10, 1920 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| died | June 23, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| gender | male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| place of birth | Ville D’Avray, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| website | http://www.borisvian.org/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| genre | Mystery & Thrillers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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about this author
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. |
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books by Boris Viancombine editionsavg rating: 4.06 | 594 ratings | 116 distinct works
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quotes 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
— Boris Vian
"Les boutiques de fleuristes n'ont jamais de rideau de fer. Personne ne cherche à voler des fleurs."
— Boris Vian
— Boris Vian











