Georges Conchon was born in 1925 in Saint-Avit, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Born 9 may 1925 St. Avitus (Puy-de-Dôme), in a family of teachers, Georges Conchon, after a degree in philosophy, passed the support of the parliamentary service, and be... (Full Biography Below)
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Georges Conchon was born in 1925 in Saint-Avit, Puy-de-Dôme, France. Born 9 may 1925 St. Avitus (Puy-de-Dôme), in a family of teachers, Georges Conchon, after a degree in philosophy, passed the support of the parliamentary service, and between the Assembly French Union where he was division head from 1952 to 1958. He begins to write, between two endless discussions on the course of the banana or the evolution of tribal customs in the Bas-Congo, while traveling a lot, especially in Africa. It becomes, in 1960 secretary of the debates in the Senate until 1980. Journalist and novelist, he began his career as a writer in 1967. His first published novel will be "The Big Washing" in 1953, followed by " Paths excluded ". He is then hired by Pierre Lazareff in "France-Soir" as a journalist. This experience will be found in " The wild ", which earned him the prix Goncourt in 1964. Georges Conchon becomes official by passing in 1960, the competition secretary of the debates in the Senate. He runs the business, according to him, "trainer and a" food, until his retirement in 1980. Before the Goncourt, Georges Conchon was awarded the prix Fénéon in 1956, then the price of the booksellers in 1960 for La Corrida victory. Then there was " The Bluff ", " The wild ", " The Apprentice left-handed ", " Canada ", " We left before Louis-Napoleon ", " Love face ", " Sugar ", " The Beautiful Future ", " Colette Stern ". As a screenwriter, his record is also brilliant, including "The Horizon" (directed by Jacques Rouffio 1967), "Seven Deaths by prescription" (J. Rouffio 1976), "The Victory by singing" (Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1976), "Judith Therpauve" (Patrice Chéreau in 1978), "The Banker" (Francis Girod, 1980). He has also worked for television, directing on A2 a collection of television and putting in work on the soap opera " Châteauvallon ". Some of his books have been made into movies, including "The wild State" and "Sugar" by Jacques Rouffio. His last collaboration in the movie theater was a scenario dedicated to the history of the famous murderer of the Nineteenth century, Lacenaire. Directed by Francis Girod, the film will be released in theaters in 1990. Georges Conchon, knight of the Legion of honour and officer of the national order of Merit and Arts and Letters, was politically active at PSU and then to the socialist Party. We find trace in his work which treats willingly of the most unbearable of capitalism and colonialism. Amateur of sculpture but also of jazz, Georges Conchon loved "antiquing" at the flea market in search of these true naive painters he liked " because they also give a picture of this life that I love with all my forces ". Speaking of his childhood and of his country in Saint-Avit, Georges Conchon has been the guest of the collection Radio "Tales of Memory" recorded by FR3 AUVERGNE RADIO (1976 -80 minutes-INA Lyon).
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