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Jean Pélégri
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Jean PĂ©lĂ©gri (June 20, 1920 â September 24, 2003) was a writer and professor of literature. Of French descent, he was born in Algeria, but left as part of the diaspora of French colonists referred to as pied-noirs following the Algerian War.
He was friends with many Algerian writers (such as Mohammed Dib and Kateb Yacine) and, like Jean SĂ©nac, PĂ©lĂ©gri considered himself to be one of them; he always saw himself as an "Algerian at heart". He supplemented his novels' prefaces with artwork from his painter friends Baya, Abdallah Benanteur, Mohammed Khadda and Jean de Maisonseul. PĂ©lĂ©gri also assisted on the film adaptation of his novel Les Oliviers de la justice as screenwriter, dialogue writerâŠ
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Jean PĂ©lĂ©gri (June 20, 1920 â September 24, 2003) was a writer and professor of literature. Of French descent, he was born in Algeria, but left as part of the diaspora of French colonists referred to as pied-noirs following the Algerian War. He was friends with many Algerian writers (such as Mohammed Dib and Kateb Yacine) and, like Jean SĂ©nac, PĂ©lĂ©gri considered himself to be one of them; he always saw himself as an "Algerian at heart". He supplemented his novels' prefaces with artwork from his painter friends Baya, Abdallah Benanteur, Mohammed Khadda and Jean de Maisonseul. PĂ©lĂ©gri also assisted on the film adaptation of his novel Les Oliviers de la justice as screenwriter, dialogue writer and actor. The movie won the Cinema and Television Writers Award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.
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Jean Pélégri's Filmography
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Coming to Terms with the Dead
as le vieil homme du métro
Errors of Youth
as Gilles Genest
Frequent Death
as Dr. Pastor
ThérÚse
as The father
The Olive Trees of Justice
as Jean's Father
Pickpocket
as Lead Inspector