Editing Gilbert Cesbron

{{Short description|French writer}}
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[[File:Cesbron Harcourt 1947 3.jpg|thumb|Gilbert Cesbron in 1947]]
[[File:Plaque Gilbert Cesbron 126 boulevard Saint-Germain.jpg|thumb|[[Commemorative plaque]] at 126 [[Boulevard Saint-Germain]], [[6th arrondissement of Paris]], where Gilbert Cesbron lived from 1946 to 1979.]]

'''Gilbert Cesbron''' (13 January 1913, Paris – 12 August 1979, Paris) was a French [[novelist]].

== 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>

== Works ==
=== Novels ===
* ''Les Innocents de Paris'' , 1944.
* ''On croit rêver'' (1945).
* ''La Tradition Fontquernie'' (1947).
* ''Notre prison est un royaume'' (1948).
* ''La Souveraine'' (1949).
* ''Bois mort où l'oiseau chante'' (1950).
* ''Les saints vont en enfer'' (1952).
* ''Chiens perdus sans collier'' (1954).
* ''Vous verrez le ciel ouvert'' (1956).
* ''Il est plus tard que tu ne penses'' (1958).
* ''Avoir été'' (1960).
* ''Entre chiens et loups'' (1962).
* ''Une abeille contre la vitre'' (1964).
* ''C’est Mozart qu’on assassine'' (1966).
* ''Je suis mal dans ta peau'' (1969).
* ''Voici le temps des imposteurs'' (1972).
* ''Don Juan en automne'' (1975).
* ''Mais moi je vous aimais'' (1977).
* ''Compagnons de la nuit'' (1938, published in 1995).

=== Tales and short stories ===
* ''D’Outremonde'' (23 tales), (1949).
* ''Traduit du vent'' (1951).
* ''Tout dort et je veille'' (1959).
* ''La Ville couronnée d’épines'' (1964).
* ''Des enfants aux cheveux gris'' (1968).
* ''Un vivier sans eau'' (1979).
* ''Leur pesant d’écume'' (1980) ;
* ''Tant d’amour perdu'' (1981).

=== Essays ===
* ''Chasseur maudit'' (1953).
* ''Ce siècle appelle au secours'' (1955).
* ''Libérez [[Barabbas]]'' (1957).
* ''Une sentinelle attend l’aurore'' (1965).
* ''Lettre ouverte à une jeune fille morte'' (1968).
* ''Ce que je crois'' (1970).
* ''Des leçons d’abîme'' (1971).
* ''Mourir étonné'' (1976) ;
* ''Huit paroles pour l’éternité'' (1978).
* ''Passé un certain âge'' (1980).
* ''La regarder en face'' (1982).

=== Plays ===
* ''Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer'' (1952)
* ''Briser la statue'' (1952), raconte la vie de Sainte [[Thérèse de Lisieux]].
* ''L’Homme seul'' (1961).
* ''Phèdre à Colombes'' (1961).
* ''Dernier Acte'' (1961).
* ''Mort le premier'' (1970).
* ''Pauvre Philippe'' (1970)

=== Other ===
* ''Torrent'' (poèmes) (1934).
* ''Les Petits des Hommes'' (album de photos avec texte) (1954).
* ''Il suffit d’aimer'' (récit de la vie de Sainte [[Bernadette Soubirous]] (1960).
* ''Journal sans date'' (tome 1) (1963).
* '' Journal sans date, (tome 2). Tant qu’il fait jour'' (1967).
* '' Journal sans date, (tome 3). Un miroir en miettes'' (1973) ;
* ''Merci l’oiseau !'' (poèmes) (1976) ;
* ''Ce qu’on appelle vivre'' (interviewed by the journalist Maurice Chavardès)(1977).
* ''Bonheur de rien'' (1979).
* ''Un désespoir allègre'' (1983).

== Adaptations ==
=== Films ===
* 1952 : ''Il est minuit, Docteur Schweitzer'', director [[André Haguet]], with [[Jean Debucourt]], [[Pierre Fresnay]], [[Jeanne Moreau]], Jean Lanier.
* 1955 : ''[[The Little Rebels|Chiens perdus sans collier]]'', director [[Jean Delannoy]], with [[Jean Gabin]], [[Robert Dalban]], [[Jean-Jacques Delbo]].
* 1960 : ''Il suffit d'aimer'', director [[Robert Darène]], script and dialogue Gilbert Cesbron, with [[Madeleine Sologne]], music [[Maurice Thiriet]].

===Television ===
* 1959 : ''Ruf ohne Echo'', director {{Ill|Rainer Wolffhardt|de}}, with [[Horst Tappert]], [[Hans Christian Blech]].
* 1962 : ''Il est minuit, Docteur Schweitzer'', director Gilbert Pineau.
* 1977 : ''C’est Mozart qu’on assassine'', director Pierre Goutas, with Cyril Brisse, [[Henri Garcin]], [[Catherine Rich (actress)|Catherine Rich]], [[Louis Seigner]].
* 1979 : ''Avoir été'', director Roland-Bernard.

== Notes and references ==
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