July 15, 2010

Félicien Marceau : a handyman writer

Real named Louis Carette, Félicien Marceau was born in 1913 near Brussels. From 1936-1942, he worked at the National Institute of Broadcasting. At the end of the war, he is criticized and accused of being too complacent with German occupants. Louis Carette then went into exile in Italy before settling in Paris. He changed his name and adopted the French nationality. It is in the french capital that his literary career really began. Author of novels, essays, plays, screenplays, Félicien Marceau has won numerous literary awards including the Goncourt in 1969 for his novel Creezy, adapted for the screen by Pierre Granier-Deferre . Félicien Marceau is distinguishable for his clear-cut "as a scalpel" writing and a look at once ironic and tender on human nature. In 1975, he is received at the French Academy.
(sources : wikipedia, fan-de-cinema.com).


Currently, the librairie Loliée offers :
  • Les Années Courtes. Paris, Gallimard, 1968, in-8, covers. First edition. One of the 60 copies on Lafuma-Navarre velum paper, only deluxe edition.
  • Creezy. Paris, Gallimard, 1969, in-12, covers. First edition. One of the 50 copies on Lafuma-Navarre velum paper, only deluxe edition. Prix Goncourt 1969.
  • Le Corps de mon ennemi. Paris, Gallimard, 1975, in-8, covers. First edition. One of the 35 copies on Lafuma-Navarre velum paper, only deluxe edition.