Jean-Marc Roberts

Birth : 1954-05-03, Paris, France

Death : 2013-03-25

History

Jean-Marc Roberts (3 May 1954 – 25 March 2013) was a French editor, novelist, and screenwriter. He started writing in the early 1970s. He was awarded the 1973 Fénéon Prize for Samedi, dimanche et fêtes (English: Saturday, Sunday and holidays), and, in 1979, the Prix Renaudot for his novel Affaires étrangères (English: Foreign Affairs). He was an editor for Seuil, the Mercure de France and Fayard and a director of Editions Stock. He died of cancer on 25 March 2013. Source: Article "Jean-Marc Roberts" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Profile

Movies

Forgery and the Use of Forgeries

Writer

Fleeing fame, the writer Anatole Hirsch decides to publish his new book under the name of his cousin, Martin Bassane. This book wins the Prix Goncourt. A film inspired by the story of Romain Gary.

Private Tuition

Writer

Jeanne Kern is a pretty, somewhat repressed schoolteacher who suffers a smear campaign at work. Someone has been sending her director letters accusing her of lewd and immoral conduct. Matters take a turn for the worse when a photograph of an orgy is sent to all the faculty with one face cut out; presumably, the face is hers.

A Friend of Vincent

Screenplay

Vincent is the victim of an assassination attempt carried out by a young woman who wants to avenge her sister. Albert, the childhood friend of Vincent, wants to help and begins to investigate the woman, but he realizes that Vincent is perhaps not the person he seems to be.

A Friend of Vincent

Novel

Will the High Salaried Workers Raise Their Hands!

Novel

The cynical boss of a big insurance agency invites his top-salary employees to spend a week-end in his country house. A modest clerical worker, also invited, discovers the hidden reason for this party - and decides to take advantage of it.