André Castelot
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André Castelot | |
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Born | André Storms 23 January 1911 Antwerp, Belgium |
Died | 18 July 2004 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France | (aged 93)
Occupation | Novelist |
Nationality | French |
Spouse | Julienne Carré |
Relatives | Maurice Chabas (father) Gabrielle Alice Castelot (mother) Jacques Castelot (brother) |
André Castelot, born André Storms (23 January 1911, Antwerp – 18 July 2004, Neuilly-sur-Seine), was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot (née Gabrielle Alice Castelot), and the brother of the film actor Jacques Castelot. He wrote more than one hundred books, mostly biographies of famous people.
Books[]
- Napoleon ISBN 4-87187-851-1
- Queen of France, A Biography of Marie Antoinette ISBN 4-87187-854-6
- Josephine ISBN 4-87187-853-8
- King Louis XVI
- Paris: the Turbulent City 1783–1871
- King of Rome: A Biography of Napoleon's Tragic Son
- Fouché
Adaptations[]
- Napoléon II l'Aiglon (1961, film)
Categories:
- French male screenwriters
- 20th-century French screenwriters
- 1911 births
- 2004 deaths
- Commanders of the National Order of Merit (France)
- French male non-fiction writers
- 20th-century French male writers
- French non-fiction writer stubs