Pierre La Mure

Pierre La Mure ( born June 15, 1899 in Nice, † December 28, 1976 in California ) was a French writer.

Life

Pierre La Mure was born on 15 June 1899 in Nice. Later he studied law at the University of Aix -en- Provence and at the Sorbonne.

La Mure wrote a number of world-renowned biographical novels. First, he wrote in 1937 the book King of the Night, which is about the life of John D. Rockefeller. He lived until the Second World War in France and immigrated to the United States then. Moulin Rouge, which was based on the life of Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec, was his first resounding success. The novel was filmed in 1952 by John Huston and the film won two Oscars later. His other works treated respectively the lives of Cecile and Felix Mendelssohn, as well as by Claude Debussy. Little is known about the later life of the writer. He died in 1976 at the age of 76 years in California.

Works (selection)

• Beyond the happiness ( "Beyond Desire. A Novel Based on the Life of Felix and Cecile Mendelssohn "). Scherz Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-502-10401-8.
• King of the Night ( " Le roi de la nuit "). Publisher Wegener, Hamburg, 1954 ( novel about John D. Rockefeller ).
• Mona Lisa. A smile for the Medici ("The private life of Mona Lisa "). Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt / M. 1995, ISBN 3-548-23496-8 ( Nachdr d ed Cologne 1976).
• Moulin Rouge. The Life of Henri Toulouse- Lautrec; Roman ( " Moulin Rouge "). Fischer paperback publishing house, Frankfurt / M. 2003, ISBN 3-596-15912-1 ( Nachdr d ed Hamburg 1952).
• Symphony of a passion. The life novel of a great composer ( " Clair de lune. A novel about Claude Debussy "). Knaur, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-426-02320-2.

Films

• John Huston (Director): Moulin Rouge. In 1952.