Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
Age: 77 | From: Paris, France
Person Details
Birthday: 1929-02-10 22:40:47
Death: 2006-11-14 22:40:47
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Paris, France
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 4
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
Bertrand Poirot-Delpech (10 February 1929, Paris – 14 November 2006) was a French journalist, essayist and novelist. He was elected to the Académie française on 10 April 1986. He is the father of writer Julie Wolkenstein. Poirot-Delpech came from a family of academics and doctors. His ancestors included several surgeons. His father died in 1940. He attended Stanislas and Louis-le-Grand secondary schools, completing his khâgne at the latter. At the age of 22, he began his career as a journalist with Le Monde. He successively had charge of several sections: the university column (1951–1955), the "Great Trials" column (1956–1959) and the theatre criticism section (1960–1971). In 1972, he took over as a reviewer for the "Monde des Livres". Beginning in 1989, he wrote a weekly column in Le Monde. Bertrand Poirot-Delpech chaired the Syndicat de la Critique Dramatique (1970–1972) and he was a member of the reading committee of the Comédie-Française. In addition to several published novels, he wrote screenplays for television and the cinema. Source: Article "Bertrand Poirot-Delpech" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Most Famous Work
The Big Softie
(1967) Novel
Samson le magnifique
(1995) Writer
Jean Genet: Entretien avec Bertrand Poirot-Delpech
(1982) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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| 1982 | Self | |
| 1975 | Self | |
| 1972 | Self | |
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Writing
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| 1995 | Writer | |
| 1967 | Novel | |
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Directing
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| 1982 | Director | |
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