Japanese Literary Awards

← Back to Home

A.D.G.

エー・デー・ジェー

A.D.G.

Pen Names: Alain Fournier（Legal name (not to be confused with another Alain-Fournier)）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-12-19 （Tours）
Died
2004-11-01 age 56
Nationality
France
Languages
French

Career

Occupations
novelist, crime writer
Active Years
1972-2004
Influenced By
Jean-Patrick Manchette

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

La Nuit des grands chiens malades

1972 Neo-polar (French crime/noir)

A hard-boiled crime novel set against the urban and social malaise of the 1970s.

crimeurban decayviolence
Translations
  • Translated by Jōkichi Hikage, Hayakawa Publishing (Hayakawa Mystery), 1979

Je suis un roman noir

1974 Neo-polar (French crime/noir)

A self-referential 'roman noir' that exemplifies tendencies of the neo-polar movement.

noirself-reflexivitysocial critique
Translations
  • Translated by Kōichi Okamura, Hayakawa Publishing (Hayakawa Mystery), 1979

Bibliography

  • La Nuit des grands chiens malades (1972)
  • Je suis un roman noir (1974)

Translations of Works

  • La Nuit des grands chiens malades (translated by Jōkichi Hikage, Hayakawa, 1979)
  • Je suis un roman noir (translated by Kōichi Okamura, Hayakawa, 1979)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise, cool neo-polar stylehard-boiled descriptions
Recurring Motifs
urban decaymarginalized charactersviolence and fate

Legacy

Regarded as one of the representative writers of the 1970s neo-polar movement, leaving influence on French hard-boiled/crime fiction.

Trivia

  • His legal name is Alain Fournier, which can be confused with another writer of the same name (author of Le Grand Meaulnes).
  • Closely associated with the 1970s neo-polar movement.