(Un patron de bistrot portant, dans son arrière-salle, une...)
Un patron de bistrot portant, dans son arrière-salle, une épée à la taille, surtout au vingtième siècle, c’est assez extraordinaire. Mais franchement, où ça se corse (chef-lieu Bastia - histoire de fomenter une petite guerre civile), où ça se corse, disais-je, c’est quand l’épée n’est pas à la taille du type, mais à travers la taille...
(Comme j'ouvre la porte, je fais un bond en arrière qui m'...)
Comme j'ouvre la porte, je fais un bond en arrière qui m'envoie dinguer dans le porte-pébroques.
Il y a trois Messieurs sur le paillasson, qui s'apprêtaient à sonner. Et ceux-là, pas d'erreur possible, ce sont des vrais de vrais. Ils ont des bouilles qui ne trompent pas. Ils seraient nègres ou nains que ça ne se ver-rait pas davantage. Le gnard San-Antonio se demande à la brutale si, par hasard, ça ne serait pas le commencement de la fin.
(- Qu'est-il arrivé? s'inquiète le chef de train.
- Ca se...)
- Qu'est-il arrivé? s'inquiète le chef de train.
- Ca se voit, non?
- Cette personne est tombée?
- Un peu, et elle s'est plutôt fait mal.
- Elle était avec vous?
- C'est-à-dire qu'elle setrouvait dans mon compartiment.
(Fleur de nave vinaigrette est un roman publié en 1962 par...)
Fleur de nave vinaigrette est un roman publié en 1962 par Frédéric Dard, sous le pseudonyme San-Antonio. Il s'agit du 48e volume de la série policière San-Antonio.La disparition de Pinaud et du cousin Hector, qui avaient monté leur agence de détectives privés, ainsi que l'assassinat d'une jeune asiatique devant le domicile de Bérurier, conduisent San-Antonio et son fidèle acolyte à aller mener l'enquête au Japon.
("On a chouravé la Victoire de Samothrace. De quoi perdre ...)
"On a chouravé la Victoire de Samothrace. De quoi perdre la tête, nous aussi, les gars !Heureusement que Pinaud se découvre des dons de Sherlock Holmes que personne n'aurait jamais soupçonnés.Malheureusement, ça ne lui servira pas à grand-chose, car il va lui arriver un drôle de turbin sur le territoire de la belle Hellène.Heureusement que je suis pote avec le destin et que Béru me tombe sur le poil au bon moment. Malheureusement, ça crache épais dans le secteur.Heureusement que Béru se découvre une vocation de pope.Tout ça n'est pas très orthodoxe, tout de même..."
(Moi, vous me connaissez? est un roman publié en janvier 1...)
Moi, vous me connaissez? est un roman publié en janvier 1971 par Frédéric Dard, sous le pseudonyme San-Antonio. C'est le 76e volume de la série policière San-Antonio.
(« À ses débuts, il avait été accompagnant pubien à bord d...)
« À ses débuts, il avait été accompagnant pubien à bord d'un clochard de la place Maubert. »
Ainsi commence la biographie de ce minuscule et très épisodique personnage qui se nomme Arsène et qui est morpion de service dans ce livre.
(Il est des gens à qui la vie réserve bien des surprises. ...)
Il est des gens à qui la vie réserve bien des surprises. Tenez, Édouard Blanvin, dit Doudou... Trente-deux ans, beau gosse ; passionné par les bagnoles. Et pas n'importe lesquelles s'iouplaît !
His name is Frédéric Dard, but most of the time he wrote under the pseudonym San-Antonio, same as the name of the protagonist of his numerous novels. With over 300 crime novels he wrote, he was one of the most famous and prolific French writers of 20th century. His most famous writing work are 173 written adventures about fictional Detective Superintendent Antoine San-Antonio.
Background
Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard was born on 29th of June 1921 in Bourgoin-Jallieu, in the French region of Isère, to parents Francisque, father and mother Josephine Anna Cadet, both employed in their very own central heating company. He was born as a cripple in one hand.
Because his parents were very busy with working in the family company and didn't have time for their son Frédéric, so he had to stay at his grandmother's house.
While staying in at his grandmother's house, Dard was encouraged by his grandmother to fill his free time by reading with her, and it seems that his grandmother gave him the love for all things written, which eventually even Frederic admitted to be true.
One of the most tragic events from Dard's childhood was when he witnessed his family treasures being seized when his father's heating company went bankrupt. After this tragic event, he and his family were forced to move out from Bourgoin-Jallieu and move to Lyon in the search for a better future. Frederic's family planned him to work as a clerk when they settle in Lyon.
But, instead of a life being a clerk, his uncle, a worker in a garage, managed to employ him in Lyon's local magazine - Le Mois de Lyon, where he, as a young and promising journalist discovered a whole new world of brothels, pimps and other criminals and criminal acts, and it seems that his career as a journalist writing about Lyon's underground scene and about „les flicks“, a.k.a the police influenced him in the direction of writing hard-boiled detective and criminalistic novels.
Frédéric Dard wrote in the style of classical spy stories at the beginning of the 50's. His writing style is mainly influenced by another French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Throughout his novels, there is the notable use of French slang and colloquialisms. One very interesting fact is that he coined many new words and for that purpose, there was a need for specific San-Antonio dictionary to be made. In every French household, you can at least find one book of adventures of San-Antonio. He created the French version of James Bond named Antoine San-Antonio.
Education
Frederic Dard never finished any studies, nor he possessed any academical degrees. He finished elementary school and high school in Bourgoin-Jallieu. Later, when he moved with his parents to Lyon in the search for a better future, they decided to send him on business studies at the Le Martiniere school in Lyon, a branch of La Martiniere colleges. The studies were rather and uninteresting for young and creative Dard, so he became Le Martiniere school dropout. Frederic didn't need any additional education to become a prolific writer and he sure is an example that not everyone needs education to become a professional in any working field.
Career
Dard's first engagement ever as a writer was at his young age, when his uncle who had connections with employers of Lyon's local magazine - Le Mois de Lyon, employed him as a journalist in this local magazine. During his time at Le Mois de Lyon, he wrote about Lyon's street life and the criminal world of Lyon, full of brothels, criminals and various criminal acts commited in Lyon.
He published his very first novel in 1940, when he was just 19 years old. Later he also continued writing and publishing novels and was eventually encouraged by famous French writer Georges Simenon to try adapting one of his novels for the theatrical play.
In the year of 1950, he moves to Paris with his wife Odette and their two children, convinced that writing is the life path he should follow.
After moving to Paris, he experienced many problems as a writer struggling to feed his family. He acknowledged that writing for theater will not support his family, so he went back to writing novels. He was in need of quick money and success. Dard was encouraged to keep on writing by Armand de Caro, a publisher he had met in Paris.
He started writing about detective Antoine San-Antonio and his colleague Inspector Berurier. Dard wrote up to 5 novels at the time on San-Antonio's adventures and became very popular among readers. But the newly acquired popularity came with a price he had to pay, he was under constant pressures from interviews and television appearances.
Apart from writing in the detective genre, he wrote many other novels in different genres using various noms de plume.
Dard started his writing career as very young in Lyon's local magazine Le Mois de Lyon. While working there he published various articles on happenings in Lyon from everyday events to the dark underground world of Lyon.
Later on, in 1940, he published his first novel - Peuchère. After the publishment he also wrote several new novels.
In 1950, he moves to Paris because he was in a search for better life with his family. He comes to an idea to write about Detective Superintendent Antoine San-Antonio, and when his idea became reality, it turned out to be a huge success. He wrote 173 books about Antoine San-Antonio, under the nome de plume San-Antonio, same name as the main protagonist of that novel series.
He wrote in a style of classical crime novels and was influenced by various writers, such as Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Georges Simenon and Peter Cheyney. All of his novels were written in first person.
Dard wrote more than 300 novels during the time of his career, of which 173 belong to novels about San-Antonio. Children's books also belong to his opus.
Frédéric was also a writer for several movies, including: Back to the Wall (1958), The Wretches (1960) and The Tiger Attacks (1959).
("On a chouravé la Victoire de Samothrace. De quoi perdre ...)
1966
Theatrical works
• La dame de Chicago. Berlin, 1969.
• La neige était. Paris, 1950
• Docteur Jekyll et Mister Hyde. Paris, 1954
• Monsieur Carnaval. Paris, 1965
• Le Cauchemar de Bella Manningham. Paris, 1978
As a film scenarist, he worked on following films:
• M’sieur La Caille (1955)
• Action immédiate (1956)
• L’étrange Monsieur Steve (1957)
• La fille de Hambourg (1958)
• Sursis pour un vivant (1958)
• En légitime défense (1958)
• Le dos au mur (1958)
• Une gueule comme la mienne (1959)
• La menace (1960)
• Le bourreau attendra (1960)
• Les scélérats (1960)
• Les menteurs (1961)
• Le monte-charge (1961)
• Le crime ne paie pas (1961)
• L‘accident (1962)
• L’empire de la nuit (1962)
He also worked as a writer consultant on the following films:
• Toi… le venin (1958)
• Beru et ses dames (1968)
• Les magiciens (1975)
• San-Antonio ne pense qu‘à ça (1980)
• Voleur (1983)
Some of Dard's most famous criminalistic novels are:
• Le monte-charge
• Les bras de la nuit
• Une seconde de toute beauté
• Delivres-nous du mal
• La dame qu'on allait voir chez elle
His final published novel is Napoléon Pommier (2000).
(• La dame de Chicago. Berlin, 1969.
• La neige était. Pa...)
Religion
Dard was a Roman Catholic. He had strong faith in God throughout his life.
Politics
Dard never joined any political party during his life. It is only known that he was a patriot and that he loved France and French people.
Views
Dard had a typical lifestyle, a life with 60 years of writing. He went on to become the best-selling writer in France. He hasn't imposed his views on anyone, however he did use a lot of strange words to describe the anatomy of men and women in his writings which is not easy to be translated to English. He was a strong person with the strong belief of self-realization which has inspired a lot of people to start writing.
Personality
He was born a cripple in the left arm, Dard had a complex of low self-esteem. At the time of his pre-school education and primary education he was targeted by bullies because he was a cripple. The bullying and harassment left deep scars in his personality. He was also victim to constan fights of his parents and his father's drunkeness, which led him to depressive state. Because of all the trraumatic events happening to him and his family, he found a sanctuary at his grandmother's house, where he developed a love for books and all things written. At school he was very shy and average. His depression was so intense, that, in some instances, young Dard would not speak for two or three days.
He was a lover of the female kind, and thus he married twice. In both of his marriages he had many problems because of his complex nature due to the traumas from the past.
When he became famous, he couldn't resist the pressures of being famous, so he tried to commit suicide by hanging himself in 1965 due to anxiety and stress.
Physical Characteristics:
At his later years, Frédéric went baldish. He was around 175 cm tall. He had bright deep-set blue eyes and a high forehead. Also, he was on the border of obesity.
Quotes from others about the person
`Hoe vond u mijn billen.`
`O, heel gemakkelijk.`
Ach, God, is het nog niet erg genoeg dat de mens sterfelijk is? Waarom heb je van hem zo`n idioot gemaakt?
Interests
travelling
Connections
Frédéric Charles Antoine Dard was born to Francisque Dard, his father and to Josephine Anna Cadet, his mother. His mother and father were very busy working so Dard was spending most of his time with his grandmother, Claudia. His grandfather's name is Seraphim, but he did not have any special connection with him.
He married twice, first time being married to Odette Damaisin, with whom he had 2 children - son Patrice and daughter Elisabeth, and second time he married Françoise de Caro, with whom he had 1 child - daughter Josephine. Also, he adopted a Tunisian boy Abdel with his second wife.
Father:
Francisque Dard
Mother:
Josephine Anna Cadet
Spouse:
Odette Damaisin
Spouse:
Françoise de Caro
adopted child:
Abdel
children:
Josephine
children:
Elisabeth
children:
Patrice
References
Bibliographie illustrée Frédéric Dard San-Antonio, Christian Dombret
1992
San-Antonio premier flic de France, Raymond Milési
1996
Sur les pas de Frédéric Dard, Jean-Pierre Rémon
1996
Sois tranquille mon pays je t'aime, France Lestelle
2002
Goya und die Krise der Tradition des Deckenbildes, Mascha Ber