Pierre La Mure
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Pierre La Mure (15 June 1899, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes - 1976, California) was a French author. He wrote the 1950 novel Moulin Rouge about the life of the French artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This book was the basis of the classic 1952 movie of the same name.[1] La Mure also wrote the book Beyond Desire about the life of Cécile and Felix Mendelssohn[2] and the biographical novel "Claire de Lune" on the life and struggles of French composer Claude Debussy, published in 1962.[3]
[edit] Bibliography
- John D. Rockefeller (1937)
- Gongs in the Night, Reaching the Tribes of French Indo-China (1943)
- Moulin Rouge; a novel based on the life of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (American edition 1950)
- Beyond Desire: A Novel Based on the Life of Felix and Cécile Mendelssohn (1955), ISBN 0871402068
- Clair de lune,: A novel about Claude Debussy (1962)
- The private life of Mona Lisa (1975), ISBN 0316513008
[edit] References
- ^ "Too Little Drama .Too Much Mona Lisa; Not Enough Leonardo .". Ottawa Citizen. 23 December 1976. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=Ou4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7u0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=5326,854626&dq=pierre-la-mure&hl=en. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ "Beyond Desire". The Age. 12 December 1956. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=0cAQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dpUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5295,1751285&dq=pierre-la-mure&hl=en. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
- ^ "Claire de Lune - Review". Montreal Gazette. 24 November 1962. http://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=y8AtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Cp4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=2934,4991485&dq=pierre-la-mure&hl=en. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
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