Person
Jean Pélégri
Acting · 1920–2003 · Rovigo, French Algeria
Biography
Jean Pélégri (June 20, 1920 – 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 Sénac, Pélégri 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. Pélégri 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.
Known for
Pickpocket
Lead Inspector
Frequent Death
Dr. Pastor
Thérèse
The father
Errors of Youth
Gilles Genest
The Olive Trees of Justice
Jean's Father
Coming to Terms with the Dead
le vieil homme du métro
Filmography
- 1994Coming to Terms with the Deadle vieil homme du métro
- 1989Errors of YouthGilles Genest
- 1988Frequent DeathDr. Pastor
- 1986ThérèseThe father
- 1962The Olive Trees of JusticeJean's Father
- 1959PickpocketLead Inspector
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