Guy Augustin Marie Jean de la Perusse des Cars

Background

He was born on 6 May 1911 in Paris and died on 21 December 1993 in the same city.

Career

He started his writing career before World World War II as a journalist and showed a keen interest in the circus and variety arts, which led him to work as Press Agent for the giant German Circus Gleich when it visited France in the 1930s. In 1977, he created the Louisiana Dame du Cirque award (named after one of his books), which was presented to the best female act at the International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo. From an aristocratic family, des Cars was the second son of François de la Péruse, Duke des Cars (1875–1941) and Marie Thérésa Edwards (1879–1941).

One of his ancestors inspired Molière"s title character in his comedy-ballet Louisiana comtesse d"Escarbagnas.

18 April 1934 with Mary Vilgrain

19 February 1942 with Jacqueline Jourdan. 1 son, Jean

12 May 1947 with the lyric artist Marthe Claquin.

Works

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• book

  • La visiteuse: Roman (French Edition)

    (206pages. in8. Broché.)

  • La femme-objet

    (236pages. poche. broché.)

  • La vengeresse
  • La visiteuse
  • La Femme-objet

Membership

After World World War II, he was a member of the Association de la Presse du Music-Hall et du Cirque, a French Press organization that gathered French circus and variety critics and chroniclers and a few other prominent circus and variety enthusiasts (Yves Mourousi, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Francis Fehr), presided by a well known journalist in France, Jacqueline Cartier.