- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMichel Cade
- Nickname
- Le Pape du Polar
- Michel Lebrun was born on April 2, 1930 in Paris, France. He was a writer, known for The Name of the Rose (1986), Des frissons partout (1963) and Shadow of Evil (1964). He died on June 20, 1996 in Paris, France.
- Friends with Fred Kassak, Maurice Bernard Endrèbe, Léo Malet, Louis C. Thomas, René Wheeler, Jacques Besnard, François Guérif, Jacques Baudou.
- In 1987,the Société des Gens de Lettres awarded him the Paul Féval Prize of the Popular Novel for his works.
- Commandeur Exquis de l'Ordre de la Grande Gidouille of the Collège de 'Pataphysique. Member of the OU.LI.PO.PO.
- He translated into french mysteries by James M. Cain, David Goodis, Elmore Leonard, Ross Thomas(I), Julian Symons, and books by Woody Allen,Art Buchwald, Garson Kanin, Ephraim Kishon, Groucho Marx.
- His mystery "Un revolver c'est comme un portefeuille"(1971), the journey of a gun from one ill-fated owner to another,is inspired by the screenplay of "Winchester'73" (1950), as the author mentions the fact at the end of his book.
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