Émile Gaboriau
Émile Gaboriau ( born November 9, 1832 in Saujon -en- Saintonge, Charente -Maritime, † September 28, 1873 in Paris) was a French writer. He was a pioneer of the detective novel and its main character, Inspector Lecoq regarded as the forerunner of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective Sherlock Holmes.
Life
Gaboriau has various professions exercised: Employees for a lawyer, hussar in Africa, Marshal. First, he made a commitment for seven years in the army, but announced after a short time the contract to return to Paris, where he earned his living by writing their chronicles. Later, as secretary of Paul Féval, he discovered journalism.
Literary creation
Gaboriaus first novel, " The Affair Lerouge " was a great response. In the book Lecoq made her first appearance, first as a security agent to move to the famous inspector later. This figure is a model for the brilliant detective who is able to solve all the puzzles thanks to an incorruptible mind about logical conclusions. Unlike Sherlock Holmes, the investigation of Lecoq based on more realistic conditions and on the latest findings of the era in the field of criminology research. The figure of Lecoq was based on the person of Eugène François Vidocq (1775-1857), who had been both thief and policeman during his lifetime and the fact and fiction are mixed in his memoirs together.
First published as a serial novel in 1863 in the daily newspaper " Le Pays " Gaboriaus aroused novel " The Lerouge Affair " little attention, but as he was in 1866 again printed in the daily newspaper " Le Soleil ", he found immense appeal. After this success Gaboriau worked with the feature pages of a newspaper, the " Petit Journal". In 1872 he staged in collaboration with Jules Émile Baptiste Holstein on the basis of this novel, a play.
Gaboriaus detective stories spin around social tension and political intrigue. The environment descriptions in the novels are modeled on those " naturalistic " works. Also in this respect, his influence on the French crime novel is not without significance.
Works (selection)
- The Lerouge Affair. A detective novel ( " L'affaire Lerouge "). Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2004, ISBN 3-458-34771-2 ( former title The case Lerouge or The Widow Lerouge ).
- Act 113 crime novel ( " Le Dossier N ° 113 "). Publishing the new life, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-360-00236-9 ( Neuaufl d ed Leipzig 1900).
- Other people's money. Detective novel ( " L'Argent des autres "). Ensslin & Laiblin, Reutlingen 1910.
- La Clique Dorée. Dentu Edition, Paris, 1872.
- Les Esclaves de Paris. Manucius Édition, Paris 2006 (2 vols ).
- Hell life. Roman ( " La Vie infernal "). Publisher Ritter, Berlin 1871 ( former Title Life as hell).
- Inspector Lecoq. A classic detective novel ( " Monsieur Lecoq "). Heyne Verlag, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-453-10733-0 (former title detective Lecoq ).
- Le petit vieux des Batignolles. Levi Édition, Paris, 1991, ISBN 2-86746-070-0 ( published posthumously ).
- The rope around his neck. Roman ( " La Corde au Cou "). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-499-40094-4 (former title The virtuous Countess or The rope around his neck).
- The crime of Orcival. Detective novel ( " Le crime d' Orcival "). Publishing the new Berlin, Berlin, 1990, ISBN 3-360-00298-9 ( Neuaufl. d ed Zurich 1942).
Films
- Claude Chabrol (director): Le petit vieux des Batignolles. , 2009.
- Wilhelm bread Roth (director): The Lerouge Affair. WDR 1976 (2 parts based on the novel, with René Deltgen, Günter Strack and others).
- Wilhelm bread Roth (director): The rope around his neck. WDR 1974 (3 parts based on the novel of the same name, with Erika Pluhar, Dieter Borsche etc.)
- Maurice Tourneur (director): Monsieur Lecoq. 1914 ( based on the novel, with Harry Baur, Maurice de Féraudy etc.).