Malet, Léo, 1909-1996

LC control no.	n 50048220
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PQ2625.A6968
Personal name heading	Malet, Léo, 1909-1996 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Malet, Léon Jean, 1909-1996 Harding, Frank, 1909-1996 Refreger, Omer, 1909-1996 Doucet, Lionel, 1909-1996 Latimer, Leo, 1909-1996
Birth date	1909-03-07
Death date	1996-03-03
Place of birth	Montpellier (France)
Place of death	Châtillon (Hauts-de-Seine, France)
Profession or occupation	Novelists Poets
Found in	His Nestor Burma contre C.Q.F.D., 1945. His Johnny Metal, c1981: t.p. (Léo Malet) t.p. verso (published in 1941 under name Frank Harding) His Cité interdite ; suivi de, Derrière l'usine à gaz, c1982: t.p. (Léo Malet) t.p. verso (Derrière l'usine à gaz published in 1944 under name Omer Refreger) His La cinquième empreinte ; suivi de, Erreur de destinataire, c1982: t.p. (Léo Malet) t.p. verso (La cinquième empreinte published in 1945 under name Lionel Doucet) His La mort de Jim Licking, c1982: t.p. (Léo Malet) t.p. verso (published in 1942 under name Leo Latimer) Journal secret, c1997: t.p. (Léo Malet) p. 10, etc. (b. 1909; d. Mar. 3, 1996) Wikipedia, August 22, 2017 (Léo Malet, born 7 March 1909 in Montpellier; died 3 March 1996 in Châtillon; French crime novelist and surrealist; he had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925; in the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others; during this time, he published several volumes of poetry; though he dabbled in many genres, Malet is most famous for Nestor Burma, the anti-hero of Les Nouveaux Mystères de Paris)
Associated language	fre