Auguste Le Breton
Auguste Le Breton ( born February 18, 1913 in Lesneven; † 31 May 1999 Saint- Germain -en- Laye ) was a French writer and lexicographer.
Life and work
The author
Auguste Montfort, aka Le Breton survived a first half of life in boarding schools ( told in Les Hauts Murs, Paris 1953) and until well into the forties in shady environment ( told in two sous d' amour, Paris 1986). Then he wrote, using this experience numerous detective novels of the genus Roman noir, which were made into successful films, and therefore also partially translated into German, so you rififi chez les hommes (Paris 1954 Collection Série Noire; German: Rififi ) and Le rouge est mis (Paris 1954 German: night falls on ).
The lexicographer
The special feature of his style was the (moderate ) use of slang vocabulary, for the understanding of which he presented a dictionary that was launched several times until 1986. The title ( with pun) was originally Langue verte et noirs desseins (Paris 1960, 1968), then L' argot chez les vrais de vrais (Paris 1975, 1976 ) and finally Argotez, argotez, il en restera toujours quelque chose [ a modification of " Calomniez, calomniez, il en restera toujours quelque chose " = the slander, it is a breeze ... ], Paris 1986. Argot Since this is a rather dated, but has also become classic and thus cited and allusive capable.