He was born in Colombières-sur-Orb, in the Hérault. The French screenwriter and writer died “in his sleep” this Monday, February 8 in the evening.
It was his daughter who announced the death. The writer, director and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière died “in his sleep” this Monday evening February 8 at the age of 89 years. He had worked in particular alongside Luis Bunuel, Jacques Deray or Milos Forman.
Buried in his Hérault village
The family indicated that the writer did not suffer from any particular disease, he died at his home in Paris, said Kiara Carrière.
“A tribute” will soon be paid to him in Paris according to AFP. The Héraultais will be buried in his native village in Colombières-sur-Orb, north of Béziers in the Hérault.
Huge career
Born on September 17, 1931 in Colombières-sur-Orb in the Hérault, in a family of wine growers, this born storyteller, gifted teacher, eclectic passer, will have spent his life meeting, exploring, communicating, sharing, giving back what he received, a modern griot half-enchanting, half-iconoclastic endowed with an innate sense of clarity, dedicated to “being able to tell everyone everything”, reported Le Monde on Monday evening.
From the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie to Cyrano de Bergerac, he has signed some 90 adaptations for the cinema. He has written about sixty books (stories, essays, translations, fictions, interviews…) as well as many songs for Juliette Gréco, Jeanne Moreau or Brigitte Bardot. He has even been an actor in about fifteen films. We will of course come back at greater length to his immense career in our Wednesday edition.
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