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Gilbert Cesbron

Writer, born in Paris, France. He produced around 50 popular volumes, including Notre Prison est un royaume (1948), which recalls his memories of Parisian school life at Condorcet and at Sciences-Po. He evoked moral problems of the contemporary world: Les Saints vont en enfer (1952) deals with working priests, and Il est plus tard que tu ne penses (1958) discusses euthanasia. Other works include Chiens perdus sans Collier (1954), and the best-selling C'est Mozart qu'on assassine (1966) and Il est minuit, Docteur Schweitzer (1952), adapted for radio and filmed with Jeanne Moreau.

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Gilbert Cesbron (1913–1979) was a French novelist.

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