Gérard Jarlot

Gérard Jarlot (1923–1966) was a French journalist, screenwriter and novelist, winner of the Prix Médicis in 1963.^[1]

Jarlot met Marguerite Duras^[2] in 1957. She dedicated the novel Moderato cantabile to him. With her, he adapted the book and wrote the dialogues for Seven Days... Seven Nights directed by Peter Brook in 1960.^[3]

In 1960, he signed the Manifesto of the 121 entitled "Declaration on the Right to draft evasion in the Algerian War".^[4]

Work

Literature

• 1943: Le Périple d'Autun, short stories
• 1946: Les Armes blanches,^[5] novel (Éditions Gallimard)
• 1948: Un mauvais lieu,^[6] novel (Gallimard)
• 1963: Un chat qui aboie,^[7] novel — Prix Médicis

Screenplays

• 1964: La Chambre (telefilm) by Michel Mitrani, in collaboration with Michel Mitrani
• 1964: Sans merveille (telefilm) by Michel Mitrani
• 1961-1963 : L'Itinéraire marin [fr] by Jean Rollin, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras
• 1961: The Long Absence by Henri Colpi, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras
• 1960: Seven Days... Seven Nights by Peter Brook, in collaboration with Marguerite Duras^[8]