François Billetdoux
François Billetdoux was a French dramatic author and novelist.Biography
His works describe the world with a fierce humor of a somewhat burlesque style, which sometimes turns into black humor.
Billetdoux was born in and died in Paris. He was President of the Société des gens de lettres in 1972. His daughter, Raphaële Billetdoux is also a writer.
In 1989 he was awarded the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l’Académie Française.Plays
- À la nuit la nuit
- *Night in the night, Jelm Mountain Publishers, 1980,
- Le comportement des époux Bredburry
- Tchin-Tchin translated into English by Willis Hall 1960 retitled Chin-Chin
- Va donc chez Thorpe
- Comment va le monde, Môssieu ? Il tourne, Môssieu
- Il faut passer par les nuages
- Silence, l'arbre remue encore
- Femmes Parallèles
- Rintru pa trou tar, hin
- Les Veuves
- La Nostalgie, camarade
- Ai-je dit que je suis bossu
- Réveille-toi, Philadelphie
Novels
- L'Animal
- Royal garden blues
- Brouillon d'un bourgeois
