1. Léo Malet

    Léo Malet was a French crime novelist and surrealist. He was known for creating the Parisian private eye Nestor Burma. Wikipedia

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  2. en.wikipedia.org

    Léo Malet (1909-1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. He was known for creating the Parisian private eye Nestor Burma. Biography. Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. [1] In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others. [2]
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  5. Léo Malet. Writer: Nestor Burma, détective de choc. Léo Malet was born on 7 March 1909 in Montpellier, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982), Nestor Burma (1991) and 120, rue de la Gare (1946). He was married to Paulette Doucet. He died on 3 March 1996 in Chatillon-sous-Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine, France.
    Born:March 7, 1909Died:March 3, 1996 (aged 86)
  6. goodreads.com

    Après la guerre, Léo Malet rencontre Louis Chavance qui lui suggère d'écrire des romans policiers, un genre encore inexistant en France. Malet produit alors d'alertes contrefaçons de Hard boiled américains qu'il signe des pseudonymes de Frank Harding ou Léo Latimer. En 1943, il publie sous son véritable nom, 120 rue de la gare, un roman ...
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    Born:March 7, 1909Died:March 3, 1996 (aged 86)
  7. acearchive.org

    Feb 24, 2023Léo Malet was a French crime novelist and surrealist known for his character Nestor Burma, a cynical private detective fluent in French slang. He was born in Montpellier and began as a cabaret singer before joining the Surrealists in the 1930s. Malet published several volumes of poetry and 33 novels in the "New Mysteries of Paris" series featuring Burma, 18 of which are set in a sole ...
  8. Léo Malet Books Overview. The Bloody Streets of Paris. He's France's answer to Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: L o Malet's NESTOR BURMA, detective. Richly visualized by Jacques Tardi, Malet's mystery comes to life as a black and white movie on paper through the illustrations of one of the world's foremost comics artist, Jacques ...
  9. Léo Malet. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Discover more of the author's books, see similar authors, read book recommendations and more. Customer reviews. 5 out of 5 stars. 5 out of 5. 3 global ratings. 5 star ...
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  10. books.google.com

    Les nouveaux mysteres de Paris (1954-1959), Leo Malet s fifteen-novel detective series inspired by Eugene Sue s nineteenth-century feuilleton, almost achieved the goal of setting a mystery in each of the twenty Parisian arrondissements, with Nestor Burma at the center of the action. In Burma, the detective de choc first introduced in 1943 s 120 rue de la gare, Malet, considered the father of ...

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