Vahé Katcha

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1928年4月1日 — 2003年1月14日 (74 years)
Vahé-Karnik Khatchadourian better known as Vahé Katcha (born in Damascus, Syria the 1st April 1928 - died in Paris on 14 January 2003) was a French Armenian author, screenwriter and journalist. Katcha wrote 25 novels and two theatre pieces in addition to a great number of adaptations and screenwriting for a great number of French films. His novel L'Hameçon was adapted for the American film The Hook.

Born in Syria, Katcha spent his childhood in Lebanon, immigrating to France in 1945 when he was just 17 and where he pursued studies at IDEC in film screenwriting and won the Pelman prize in 1962 for 2 film reportages, Pas de pitié pour les aveugles et Les cancéreux.

He published his first book at age 20 titled Les mégots du dimanche on Gallimard followed up by Œil pour œil. The latter was adapted to film directed by André Cayatte. Katcha wrote 25 novels including Un homme est tombé dans la rue in addition to two theatre pieces. He was involved in screenwriting for 15 films. His books adapted to the screen include Galia that launched Mireille Darc, À Cœur joie (English title Two Weeks in September) starring Brigitte Bardot, Le Maître-nageur starring Jean-Louis Trintignant and Jean-Claude Brialy and La Grande Sauterelle starring Mireille Darc.

He worked with 1963 MGM film The Hook starring Kirk Douglas, adapted from his book L'Hameçon. He also cooperated with French film director of Armenian origin Henri Verneuil co-screenwriting for Le Casse (English title The Burglars) starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Omar Sharif and in Mayrig starring Claudia Cardinale and Omar Sharif. One of his best known books is Un poignard dans ce jardin published in 1981 about the life of an Armenian family in Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire and the Armenian massacres. Other notable works include Un bateau de singes in 1966, La mort d'un juif in 1972, Un bruit qui court in 1979 and Le Chypriote (a collaboration with Arlen Papazian in 1982) all published by Les Presses de la Cité.

His theatre pieces are Le Repas des fauves in 1960 and La Farce in 1963 (with mise en scène by Jean-Jacques Aslanian).

His works have been translated into many languages including English, Spanish, German and Armenian in separate covers or through literary journals like «Գրական թերթ» and «Գարուն».

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知名作品

  • 大飞贼
    大飞贼1971
  • 杀手令
    杀手令1963
  • 九月里的两星期
    九月里的两星期1967
  • 惹火青春
    惹火青春1966
  • An Eye for an Eye
    An Eye for an Eye1957
  • 红粉情多富贵轻
    红粉情多富贵轻1967
  • Two Hours to Kill
    Two Hours to Kill1966
  • 晚宴上的懦夫
    晚宴上的懦夫1964
  • 埃特雷塔的鹅卵石
    埃特雷塔的鹅卵石1972
  • 摩托谢尔·耶达
    摩托谢尔·耶达1969

影視作品

1979
Le maître nageur · as Novel
1973
Les voraces · as Novel
1972
1971
1969
1967
Femmina · as Screenplay
1966
Galia · as Screenplay
1966
1964
1963
The Hook · as Novel
1957
An Eye for an Eye · as Novel