Jean Cau
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- Cau, Jean
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- Gender
- Male
- Date of birth
- 1925-07-08
- Place of birth
- Bram
- Date of death
- 1993-06-18
- Place of death
- Paris
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Jean Cau (8 July 1925, in Bram, Aude – 18 June 1993) was a French writer and journalist.
Born in Bram, Aude, he was secretary to Jean-Paul Sartre, after which he was a journalist and reporter for L'Express, Figaro, and Paris Match. In 1961, he was awarded the Prix Goncourt for his novel The Mercy of God. Cau also wrote several works about bullfighting and Spain.
In addition to novels and journalism, he wrote two plays as well as co-writing the screenplay for the successful 1970 French gangster film Borsalino starring Alain Delon. He collaborated on the screenplays or television scripts for several other productions.
From the 1970s onwards, he grew close to GRECE and his writings became infused with a sun-worshipping neopaganism. Jacques Marlaud dedicated an entire chapter to Cau in his study on contemporary literary and philosophical paganism.
The biography Jean Cau, l'indocile by Ludovic Marino and Louis Michaud was published in 2024.
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- 2023-03-15