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André Pieyre de Mandiargues

Poet / Novelist / Screenwriter / Writer | * 03/14/1909 († 82, 12/13/1991) | Paris (France)
André Pieyre de Mandiargues (14 March 1909 – 13 December 1991) was a French writer born in Paris. He became an associate of the Surrealists and married the Italian painter Bona Tibertelli de Pisis (a niece of the Italian metaphysical painter Count Filippo Tibertelli de Pisis). He was a particularly close friend of the painter Leonor Fini. His novel La Marge (1967; Eng: The Margin) won the Prix Goncourt and was made into a film of the same name by Walerian Borowczyk in 1976. It is his collection of pornographic items that is featured in Borowczyk's Une collection particulière. Borowczyk also used Mandiargues' work for the first story included in his anthology film Immoral Tales. He also wrote an introduction to Anne Desclos's Story of O and was a signatory to the Manifesto of the 121. His book Feu de braise (1959) was published in 1971 in an English translation by April FitzLyon called Blaze of Embers (Calder and Boyars, 1971). His most popular book was The Motorcycle (1963), which was adapted for the 1968 film The Girl on a Motorcycle ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Romance / Love | Documentaries

Known for these Movies & Shows

Awards & Nominations for André Pieyre de Mandiargues

Prix Goncourt Grand prix national des Lettres Grand Prix De Poésie
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Movies with André Pieyre de Mandiargues as Actor(1)

as Narrator1972 A Private Collection

TV Shows/Series with André Pieyre de Mandiargues as Actor(1)

as himself1975 Apostrophes

Movies with André Pieyre de Mandiargues as Crew(5)

Writing/Writer1987 Love Rites
Writing/Writer1976 The Margin
Writing/Story1973 Immoral Tales
Writing/Novel1969 Raped On The Beach
Writing/Story1968 The Girl on a Motorcycle

Citizenship: France
Born: Sunday, 03/14 1909 (March) in Paris (France)
Died: Friday, 12/13 1991 (December) in 4th arrondissement of Paris (aged: 82)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: French (FR, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Bona
Children: Sibylle Pieyre de Mandiargues
Father: David Pieyre de Mandiargues
Related to: Paul Bérard
Other names for André Pieyre de Mandiargues (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"André Paul Edouard Pieyre de Mandiargues"
"Pierre Morion" (Pseudonym)
André Pieyre de Mandiargues frequently works together with these people:
Jack Cardiff (4x, Crew)
Bernard Pivot (3x, Actor)
Michel Zolat (2x, Crew)
Léo Ferré (2x, Actor)
Piet Bolscher (1x, Crew)
André Maranne (1x, Actor)
Kit Williams (1x, Cast)
Bunty Phillips (1x, Crew)
Florence Poulain (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:845989, Added: 11/13/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024