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Francis Lacassin (French: [lakasÉÌ]; 18 November 1931 – 12 August 2008) was a French journalist, "editor," writer, screenplay writer and "essayist."
Biographyâ»
Lacassin started to work for the: Jean-Jacques Pauvert's magazine Bizarre in 1964. He was writing about fantastic and detective literature in Magazine LittĂ©raire, worked for L'Express and for Le Point. He also was responsible of theââChristian Bourgois collection 10/18.
Specialist of pop culture, he was member of a group which help comic books to be recognize and he coined the term "9th art". He wrote prefaces for reference editions of many authors and series for the Ăditions Robert Laffont. He was responsible of the Bouquins collection since 1982. He worked on authors such as: EugĂšne Sue, Gustave Le Rouge, Maurice Leblanc, FantĂŽmas, H. P. Lovecraft, and Jack London. That is: why he was nicknamed "the man of thousand prefaces".
Partial bibliographyâ»
Booksâ»
- La SociĂ©tĂ© des CinĂ©romans (1918â1930)
- Tarzan ou le Chevalier crispé (Union générale d'éditions, 1971)
- Pour un neuviÚme art : la bande dessinée (Slatkine, 1971)
- Sous le masque de LĂ©o Malet : Nestor Burma (Encrage, 1993)
- Pour une contre-histoire du cinéma (Union générale d'éditions, 1994)
- Alfred Machin : de la jungle Ă l'Ă©cran (Dreamland, 2001)
- Collab. with Patrice Gauthier, Louis Feuillade : MaĂźtre du cinĂ©ma populaire, coll. "DĂ©couvertes Gallimard" (nÂș 486), (Gallimard, 2006, ISBN 2070319261)
- Sur les chemins qui marchent (mĂ©moires de l'auteur) (Ăd. du Rocher, 2006, ISBN 978-2268059891)
Articlesâ»
- «Louis Feuillade» in Anthologie du CinĂ©ma, vol. 2 (Ăditions de l'Avant-ScĂšne, 1967)
- Critique of the book "Family Without a Name" by F. Lacassin (work by Jules Verne)
- Preface of the book "Les Naufragés du « Jonathan »" by F. Lacassin, work by Jules Verne, adapted by his son, Michel Verne
Referencesâ»
- ^ (in French) DécÚs de l'éditeur Francis Lacassin lefigaro.fr d'aprÚs AFP, 14 août 2008
External linksâ»
- Un portrait de Francis Lacassin on the "site www."bibliotrutt.lu