Editing Gilbert Cesbron (section)

== Biography ==
'''Gilbert Cesbron''' (13 January 1913, Paris – 12 August 1979, Paris) was a French [[novelist]]. Born in Paris, Cesbron attended what is now known as [[Lycée Condorcet]]. In 1944 he published his first novel, ''Les innocents de Paris'' ("''The Innocent of Paris''"), in Switzerland. He first achieved wide public acclaim with the publication of ''Notre prison est un royaume'' ("''Our Prison is a Kingdom''") in 1948 and ''Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer'' ("''It is midnight, Doctor Schweitzer''") in 1950.

In his works Cesbron tended to illustrate and describe relevant social topics such as [[juvenile delinquency]] in ''Chiens perdus sans collier'' ("''Lost Dogs Without Collars''"), violence in ''Entre chiens et loups'' ("''Between Dogs and Wolves''"), [[euthanasia]] in ''Il est plus tard que tu ne penses'' ("''It is Later than You Think''") and [[Worker-Priest|working priests]] in ''Les Saints vont en enfer'' ("''Saints in Hell''").

In 1955, Cesbron's book ''Chiens perdus sans collier'', the story of an orphan boy and a benevolent judge, was made [[The Little Rebels|into a movie]] starring [[Jean Gabin]] and [[Robert Dalban]].

He died on 12 August 1979 at his home at 126 [[Boulevard Saint-Germain]] in the [[6th arrondissement of Paris]]. He is buried in [[Bourré, Loir-et-Cher|Bourré]], [[Loir-et-Cher]].  His widow, Dominique, died in 2003.<ref>Register on which the death certificate of Gilbert Cesbron is recorded, at the [[6th arrondissement of Paris]] City Hall, on 12 August 1979 (views pages 30 and 31), read online: [http://archives.paris.fr/arkotheque/visionneuse/visionneuse.php?arko=YTo2OntzOjQ6ImRhdGUiO3M6MTA6IjIwMjAtMDgtMTUiO3M6MTA6InR5cGVfZm9uZHMiO3M6MTE6ImFya29fc2VyaWVsIjtzOjQ6InJlZjEiO2k6NDtzOjQ6InJlZjIiO2k6MzAxMzY5O3M6MTY6InZpc2lvbm5ldXNlX2h0bWwiO2I6MTtzOjIxOiJ2aXNpb25uZXVzZV9odG1sX21vZGUiO3M6NDoicHJvZCI7fQ==#uielem_move=-202%2C-505&uielem_rotate=F&uielem_islocked=0&uielem_zoom=116 Archives de Paris 6e (Archives of Paris 6th), acte de décès (death cerificate) N° 230, année 1979 (year 1979) (views pages 30/31)].</ref>