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Francis Lacassin

Known for

Writing

Born

November 18, 1931

Birthplace

Saint-Jean-de-Valériscle, Gard, France

Died

August 12, 2008 (aged 76)

Biography

Francis Lacassin (18 November 1931 – 12 August 2008) was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist.

Lacassin started to work for the Jean-Jacques Pauvert's magazine Bizarre in 1964. He was writing about fantastic and detective literature in Magazine Littéraire, worked for L'Express and for Le Point. He also was responsible of the Christian Bourgois collection 10/18.

Specialist of pop culture, he was member of a group which help comic books to be recognize and he coined the term "9th art". He wrote prefaces for reference editions of many authors and series for the Éditions Robert Laffont. He was responsible of the Bouquins collection since 1982. He worked on author...

Best known work

Judex

Judex

1963
Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975
Circle of Passions

Circle of Passions

1983
Investigating Tarzan

Investigating Tarzan

1997
Musidora

Musidora

1973
Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead

Alouqa or the Comedy of the Dead

1975

Filmography

  1. 1997

    Investigating Tarzan

    as Self

  2. 1983

    Circle of Passions

    Executive Producer

  3. 1975

  4. 1975

    ApostrophesTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  5. 1973

    Musidora

    Writer

  6. 1963

    Judex

    Adaptation, Dialogue

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