Gérard Jarlot

Gérard Jarlot (1923–1966) was a French journalist, screenwriter and novelist, winner of the Prix Médicis in 1963.^[1]

Jarlot met Marguerite Duras^[2] in 1957. She dedicated the novel Moderato cantabile to him. With her, he adapted the book and wrote the dialogues for Seven Days... Seven Nights directed by Peter Brook in 1960.^[3]

In 1960, he signed the Manifesto of the 121 entitled "Declaration on the Right to draft evasion in the Algerian War".^[4]

Work

Literature

1943: Le Périple d'Autun, short stories
1946: Les Armes blanches,^[5] novel (Éditions Gallimard)
1948: Un mauvais lieu,^[6] novel (Gallimard)
1963: Un chat qui aboie,^[7] novel — Prix Médicis

Screenplays

1964: La Chambre (telefilm) by Michel Mitrani, in collaboration with Michel Mitrani
1964: Sans merveille (telefilm) by Michel Mitrani
1961-1963 : L'Itinéraire marin [fr] by Jean Rollin, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras
1961: The Long Absence by Henri Colpi, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras
1960: Seven Days... Seven Nights by Peter Brook, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras^[8]

References

^ "FÉMINA : Roger Vrigny MÉDICIS : Gérard Jarlot". Le Monde (in French). 26 November 1963. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ "Le secret de Marguerite Duras". LExpress.fr. 1 October 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
^ "Moderato cantabile". IMDB. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Sirinelli, Jean-François (12 January 1998). "Algérie, Manifeste des 121. «Déclaration sur le droit à l'insoumission dans la guerre d'Algérie»". Libération (in French). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Les Armes blanches on WorldCat
^ Un mauvais lieu in Esprit
^ Un chat qui aboie
^ Films by Gérad Jarlot on Télérama