Pierre Moustiers (13 August 1924 – 6 June 2016) is the

pen name A pen name, also called a ''nom de plume'' or a literary double, is a pseudonym (or, in some cases, a variant form of a real name) adopted by an author and printed on the title page or by-line of their works in place of their real name. A pen na ...

of French writer Pierre Rossi.

Biography

Under his pseudonym, he was successively laureate of the 1969

Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française Le Grand Prix du Roman is a French literary award, created in 1914, and given each year by the Académie française. Along with the Prix Goncourt The Prix Goncourt (french: Le prix Goncourt, , ''The Goncourt Prize'') is a prize in French litera ...

, the 1972 Prix Maison de la Presse, the 1977 Prix des libraires, the 1997 Grand Prix d'Histoire Chateaubriand and the 2003 Prix du roman historique. He wrote the screenplay for the 1983 French miniseries ''

Bel Ami ''Bel-Ami'' (, "Dear Friend") is the second novel by French author Guy de Maupassant, published in 1885; an English translation titled ''Bel Ami, or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel'' first appeared in 1903. The story chronicles journalist ...

''; an adaptation of the 1885 novel of the same name by

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

. Between 1973 and 2011, he wrote several scripts for

films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

destined to French television.

Work

Under his pseudonym

*1957: *1962: *1962: *1962: *1969: ,

1969 *1971: , Prix Maison de la Presse 1972 *1973: *1974: *1976: , Prix des libraires 1977 *1978: *1984: *1986: *1990: *1991: *1993: *1995: *1997: , Grand Prix d'Histoire Chateaubriand 1997 *2000: *2000: *2001: *2003: *2005: *2006: *2008:

Under his name

*1964: *1967: *1971: *1970: *1976: ''La Cité d’Isis – Histoire vraie des Arabes'', *1979: *1987: *1987:

References

External links

Official webwite

Pierre Moustiers
on Babelio
''Pierre Moustiers dans l'atelier de Rembrandt''
on ''

L'Humanité ''L'Humanité'' (; ), is a French daily newspaper. It was previously an organ of the French Communist Party, and maintains links to the party. Its slogan is "In an ideal world, ''L'Humanité'' would not exist." History and profile Pre-World Wa ...

'' (10 June 1995)
Pierre Moustiers
on Albin Michel
Pierre Moustiers
on the site of the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moustiers, Pierre 1924 births People from La Seyne-sur-Mer 20th-century French novelists Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners French screenwriters Prix des libraires winners Prix Maison de la Presse winners 2016 deaths