Gilbert Cesbron

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Template:French literature (small) Gilbert Cesbron (1913 - 1979) was a French novelist.

The French Novelist Gilbert Cesbron was born in 1913 in France. He published his first its first novel, :"Les innocents de Paris" (The Innocent of Paris) in Switzerland in 1944. He first came into wide public acclaim with the release of "Notre prison est un royaume" (Our Prison is a Kingdom) in 1948, and "Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer" (It is midnight, Doctor Schweitzer) in 1950. In his works, he tended to illustrate and describe relavant social topics such as: juvenile delinquency in "Chiens perdus sans collier" (Lost Dogs Without Collars), violence in "Entre chiens et loups" (Between Dogs and Wolves), euthanasia in "Il est plus tard que tu ne penses" (It is Later than You Think), and working priests in "Les Saints vont en enfer" (Saints go to Hell). In 1955, his book "Chiens perdus sans colliers" (Lost Dogs Without Collars), the story of an orphan boy, and a benevolent judge starring Jean Gabin and Robert Dalban, was made into a movie. Gilbert Cesbron died in 1979.fr:Gilbert Cesbron it:Gilbert Cesbron