Georges Bayle
French crime writer

Georges Bayle

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French crime writer
Gender:
Male
Places:
France
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WriterDetective writerCrime writer
Work field:
Literature
Birth:
22 August 1918
Death:
13 January 1987
Star sign:
Leo
Awards:
Prix Cazes
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Introduction

Georges Bayle ( 22 August 1918 - 13 January 1987) was a French writer.

Biography

A populist author, he published Du raisin dans le gaz-oil in 1954 dedicated to Jacques Perret with whom Georges Bayle was interned during the Second World War. The plot is located in the corporation of truckers. The novel was adapted by Michel Audiard under the title Gas-oil [fr] directed by Gilles Grangier with Jean Gabin and Jeanne Moreau.

Work

Novels

  • 1954: Du raisin dans le gaz-oil, Série noire #217
  • 1958: Les Déserteurs, Collection Blanche, Gallimard

Collection of short stories

  • 1955: Le Pompiste et le Chauffeur, Collection Blanche, Gallimard, prix Cazes 1956

Others

  • Cours de résistance des matériaux appliquée aux machines, Eyrolles [fr]
  • Cours de statique graphique, Eyrolles, 1948

Sources

  • Claude Mesplède [fr], Les Années Série noire vol.1 (1945–1959) Encrage « Travaux » #13, 1992
  • Claude Mesplède and Jean-Jacques Schleret [fr], SN Voyage au bout de la Noire, Futuropolis, 1982, p. 30.