Role Fiction writer Name Charles Exbrayat | Genre humorous thrillers Nationality French Movies The Island of Love | |
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Born Charles Exbrayat5 May 1906Saint-Etienne, France ( 1906-05-05 ) Occupation detectives story writer Died March 8, 1989, Saint-Etienne, France Books Vous souvenez-vous de Paco ? People also search for Maurice Cam, Stephane Pizella, Saint-Sorny, Jean-Pierre Frogerais | ||
Charles Exbrayat (5 May 1906 – 8 March 1989) was a French fiction writer. He published over 100 novels and short stories, most of them humorous thrillers. They were very popular and a considerable number were turned into films.
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While living in Nice with his parents, he was studying to becoming a medical doctor, but then found his true calling as a writer.
His debut novel was Aller sans Retour (single fare, no return), written while in Geneva, before going to Paris. He was one of the most famous French authors of the illustrious "le Masque" collection. He wrote a number of novels set in Scotland (Imogene series) and in Italy. His other interests included gourmet food and fine wines.
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To honor writers who specialized in detective stories, the city of Saint-Étienne created a special prize to be attributed during their book festival and called it the Charles Exbrayat Prize.