Francis Lacassin (; 18 November 1931 – 12 August 2008)Décès de l'éditeur Francis Lacassin
''lefigaro.fr'' d'après AFP, 14 août 2008 was a French journalist, editor, writer, screenplay writer and essayist.

Biography

Lacassin started to work for the Jean-Jacques Pauvert's magazine '' Bizarre'' in 1964. He was writing about fantastic and detective literature in '' Magazine Littéraire'', worked for ''

L'Express ''L'Express'' () is a French weekly news magazine headquartered in Paris. The weekly stands at the political centre in the French media landscape, and has a lifestyle supplement, ''L'Express Styles'', and a job supplement, ''Réussir''. History ...

'' and for ''

Le Point ''Le Point'' () is a French weekly political and news magazine published in Paris. History and profile ''Le Point'' was founded in September 1972 by a group of journalists who had, one year earlier, left the editorial team of '' L'Express'', w ...

''. He also was responsible of the Christian Bourgois collection 10/18. Specialist of pop culture, he was member of a group which help

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s to be recognize and he coined the term "9th art". He wrote prefaces for reference editions of many authors and series for the

Éditions Robert Laffont Éditions Robert Laffont is a book publishing company in France founded in 1941 by Robert Laffont. Its publications are distributed in almost all francophone countries, but mainly in France, Canada and in Belgium. It is considered one of the mo ...

. He was responsible of the Bouquins collection since 1982. He worked on authors such as:

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, Gustave Le Rouge,

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, Fantômas, H. P. Lovecraft, and

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. That is why he was nicknamed "the man of thousand prefaces".

Partial bibliography

Books

* ''La

Société des Cinéromans The Société des Cinéromans was a French film production company of the silent movie era. History In 1919, Gaston Leroux founded the Société des Cinéromans in Nice with René Navarre and Arthur Bernède to publish novels and turn them into ...

'' (1918–1930) * '' Tarzan ou le Chevalier crispé'' (Union générale d'éditions, 1971) * ''Pour un neuvième art : la bande dessinée'' (Slatkine, 1971) * ''Sous le masque de

Léo Malet Léo Malet (7 March 1909 – 3 March 1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. Biography Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 19 ...

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'' (Encrage, 1993) * ''Pour une contre-histoire du cinéma'' (Union générale d'éditions, 1994) * '' Alfred Machin : de la jungle à l'écran'' (Dreamland, 2001) * Collab. with Patrice Gauthier, ''Louis Feuillade : Maître du cinéma populaire'', coll. " Découvertes Gallimard" (nº 486), (Gallimard, 2006, ) * ''Sur les chemins qui marchent'' (mémoires de l'auteur) (Éd. du Rocher, 2006, )

Articles

* «Louis Feuillade» in ''Anthologie du Cinéma'', vol. 2 (Éditions de l'Avant-Scène, 1967) * Critique of the book " Family Without a Name" by F. Lacassin (work by Jules Verne) * Preface of the book " Les Naufragés du « Jonathan »" by F. Lacassin, work by Jules Verne, adapted by his son,

Michel Verne Michel Jean Pierre Verne (August 3, 1861 – March 5, 1925) was a writer, editor, and the son of Jules Verne. Michel was born in Paris, France. Because of his wayward behaviour, he was sent by his father to Mettray Penal Colony for six mont ...

References

External links

Un portrait de Francis Lacassin
on the site www.bibliotrutt.lu {{DEFAULTSORT:Lacassin, Francais French literary critics 1931 births 2008 deaths French male non-fiction writers Comics critics 20th-century French journalists 20th-century French male writers