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- Born
- 7 March 1909
- Died
- 3 March 1996
- Works
- 60
Top works
- La vie est dégueulasse
- Mon vieux Guérif
- LES PALETOTS SANS MANCHES
- LE DERNIER TRAIN D'AUSTERLITZ
- Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac
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Montpellier, Hérault, France
Léo Malet (7 March 1909 – 3 March 1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925. In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others. During this…
Known for
- Sacrée soirée — Self1987
- Follow My Gaze — Le gentil vieux1986
- Apostrophes — Self1975
- Love Letters — Extra (uncredited)1942
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 45
- Total plays
- 274
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Montpellier
- Place of death
- Châtillon
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Political party
- Internationalist Workers Party
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Genre
- surrealism
- Movement
- surrealism
- Political ideology
- anarchism
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- Léo Malet
- birth name
- Léon Malet
- date of birth
- 1909-03-07
- date of death
- 1996-03-03
- name in native language
- Léo Malet
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