Dominique Fabre (novelist)

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Dominique Fabre
Born	(1929-06-30)30 June 1929 Geneva, Switzerland
Died	20 December 2010(2010-12-20) (aged 81) Pfeffikon, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Occupation(s)	screenwriter, novelist, journalist
Known for	Un Beau Monstre

Dominique Fabre (30 June 1929 – 20 December 2010) was a Swiss screenwriter and novelist.^[1] His book Un Beau Monstre received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1968.^[2] He is not to be confused with the current French author Dominique Fabre.^[1]

Fabre started his career as a journalist before becoming a screenwriter. He most frequently worked with film director Étienne Périer. Fabre also wrote three crime novels in the late 1960s and early 1970s.^[3] Later in his life, he wrote mostly for television.

Fabre died in Pfeffikon on 20 December 2010, at the age of 81.^[4]

Bibliography

Suisse (1955) - non-fiction; published in English as Switzerland (1961, London : Vista Books ; New York : Viking)
Un Beau Monstre (1968)
La Tête en feu (1971)
Un Meurtre est un Meurtre (1972)

Filmography

1957 : Charming Boys, directed by Henri Decoin
1959 : Bobosse, directed by Étienne Périer
1960 : Meurtre en 45 tours, directed by Étienne Périer
1961 : Quai Notre-Dame, directed by Jacques Berthier
1962 : Le Mercenaire (La Congiura dei dieci), co-directed by Baccio Bandini and Étienne Périer
1967 : Des garçons et des filles, directed by Étienne Périer
1968 : Le Rouble à deux faces, directed by Étienne Périer
1971 : Macédoine, directed by Jacques Scandelari
1971 : Un beau monstre, directed by Sergio Gobbi
1972 : Un meurtre est un meurtre, directed by Étienne Périer
1974 : La Main à couper, directed by Étienne Périer
1977 : Servante et Maîtresse, directed by Bruno Gantillon
1977 : L'Animal, directed by Claude Zidi
1978 : La Part du feu, directed by Étienne Périer

References

^ ^a ^b "FABRE, Dominique - Fiches livres". fichesauteurs.canalblog.com (in French). 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2019-08-19.
^ "GRAND PRIX DE LITTERATURE POLICIERE". Librairie Soleil Vert. Archived from the original on 4 September 2011. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
^ Dictionnaire des littératures policières. Mesplède, Claude (Éd. revue, mise à jour et augmentée ed.). Nantes: Joseph K. 2007. ISBN 9782910686444. OCLC 470985177.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ "Dominique Fabre (1929–2010)". BnF. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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