Dominique Fabre | |
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Born | Geneva, Switzerland | 30 June 1929
Died | 20 December 2010 81) Pfeffikon, Switzerland | (aged
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation(s) | screenwriter, novelist, journalist |
Known for | Un Beau Monstre |
Dominique Fabre (French pronunciation: [dɔminikfabʁ] ; 30 June 1929 – 20 December 2010) was a Swiss screenwriter and novelist. [1] His book Un Beau Monstre received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1968. [2] He is not to be confused with the current French author Dominique Fabre. [1]
Fabre started his career as a journalist before becoming a screenwriter. He most frequently worked with film director Étienne Périer. Fabre also wrote three crime novels in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [3] Later in his life, he wrote mostly for television.
Fabre died in Pfeffikon on 20 December 2010, at the age of 81. [4]
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