Who wrote more books that became films, Tracy Chevalier or Roland Barthes?
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Tracy Chevalier Tracy Chevalier FRSL (born October 19, 1962) is an American-British historical novelist. She has written eight novels. She is best known for her second novel, "Girl with a Pearl Earring", which was adapted as a 2003 film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth.
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Roland Barthes Roland Gérard Barthes ( ; ] ; 12 November 1915 – 26 March 1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician. Barthes' ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, design theory, anthropology and post-structuralism.
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Querelle of Brest Querelle of Brest (French: "Querelle de Brest" ) is a novel by the French writer Jean Genet. It was first published anonymously in 1947 and limited to 460 numbered copies. It is set in the midst of the port town of Brest, where sailors and the sea are associated with murder. Its protagonist, Georges Querelle, is a bisexual thief, prostitute and serial killer who manipulates and kills his lovers for thrills and profit. The novel formed the basis for Rainer Werner Fassbinder's last film, "Querelle" (1982).
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The Saint (novel) The Saint is the title of a mystery novel by Burl Barer published by Pocket Books in 1997. It was based upon the screenplay for the film "The Saint", which in turn was loosely based upon the character Simon Templar, created by Leslie Charteris. Val Kilmer portrayed Templar and is pictured on the book's front cover.
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The Corsican Brothers (1917 film) The Corsican Brothers (French:Les frères corses) is a 1917 French silent adventure film directed by André Antoine and starring Henry Krauss, Romuald Joubé and Rose Dione. It is based on the novel "The Corsican Brothers" by Alexandre Dumas.
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Paul Theroux Paul Edward Theroux (born April 10, 1941) is an American travel writer and novelist, whose best-known work is "The Great Railway Bazaar" (1975). He has published numerous works of fiction, some of which were adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel "The Mosquito Coast," which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name.
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Sophie Barthes Sophie Barthes (born 1974) is a French-American film director and screenwriter best known for her 2009 film "Cold Souls".
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Bart Moore-Gilbert Bart Moore-Gilbert (8 December 1952 - 2 December 2015) was a Tanzanian born British academic, orientalist and political campaigner, most widely known for his work in the field of postcolonial literary studies and theory. His work has been translated into fifteen languages. Moore-Gilbert taught at Goldsmiths College, University of London, a position he held from 1998. His final academic study, the first critical assessment of postcolonial life-writing in English, was published by Routledge in June 2009.
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Pierre Barthès Pierre Barthès (born 13 September 1941) is a French retired professional tour tennis player.
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The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies is a collection of essays by the French literary theorist Roland Barthes. It is a companion volume to his earlier book, "Mythologies", and follows the same format of a series of short essays which explore a range of cultural phenomena, from the Tour de France to laundry detergents.
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Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter, who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for "À nos amours" (1983), the César Award for Best Actress for "Vagabond" (1985) and the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for "La Cérémonie" (1995). Her other films include "Under the Sun of Satan" (1987), "Monsieur Hire" (1989), "East/West" (1999) and "The Final Lesson" (2015).
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S/Z S/Z, published in 1970, is Roland Barthes's structural analysis of "Sarrasine", the short story by Honoré de Balzac. Barthes methodically moves through the text of the story, denoting where and how different codes of meaning function. Barthes's study has had a major impact on literary criticism and is historically located at the crossroads of structuralism and post-structuralism.
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Roland Perry Roland John Perry OAM (born 11 October 1946) is a Melbourne-based author best known for his books on history, especially Australia in the two world wars. His "Monash: The Outsider Who Won The War", won the Fellowship of Australian Writers' 'Melbourne University Publishing Award' in 2004. The judges described it as 'a model of the biographer's art.' In the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2011, Perry was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia 'for services to literature as an author.' In October 2011, Monash University awarded Perry a Fellowship for 'high achievement as a writer, author, film producer and journalist.' His sports books include biographies of Sir Donald Bradman, Steve Waugh, Keith Miller and Shane Warne. Perry has written on espionage, specialising in the British Cambridge Five ring of Russian agents. He has also published three works of fiction and produced more than 20 documentary films. Perry has been a member of the National Archives of Australia Advisory Council since 2006. In late 2012 Perry accepted an adjunct appointment at Monash University as a Professor, with the title ‘Writer-in-Residence’ in the University’s Arts Faculty.
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Mimi Barthélémy Mimi Barthélémy, the "nom de plume" of Michèle Armand (May 3, 1939 – April 27, 2013), was a Haitian writer, actor, storyteller and director.
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Rendezvous in Paris Rendezvous in Paris is a 1982 Franco-German film directed by Gabi Kubach and starring Claude Jade, Harald Kuhlmann and Barry Stokes. It is based on a novel by Vicki Baum.
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Black Robe (film) Black Robe is a 1991 biography film directed by Bruce Beresford. The screenplay was written by Irish Canadian author Brian Moore, who adapted it from his novel of the same name.
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Lothar-Günther Buchheim Lothar-Günther Buchheim (   ) (February 6, 1918 – February 22, 2007) was a German author and painter. He is best known for his novel "Das Boot" (1973), which became an international bestseller and was adapted in 1981 as an Oscar-nominated film.
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Sándor Pethes Sándor Pethes (28 May 1899 – 29 June 1981) was a Hungarian actor.
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The Sand Pebbles The Sand Pebbles is a 1962 novel by American author Richard McKenna about a Yangtze River gunboat and its crew in 1926. It was the winner of the 1963 Harper Prize for fiction. Prior to its publication by Harper & Row, the book was serialized in the "Saturday Evening Post" and later used as the storyline for a movie of the same name starring Steve McQueen.
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Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (French: "Belphégor – Le fantôme du Louvre" ) is a 2001 French fantasy film directed by Jean-Paul Salomé and starring Sophie Marceau, Michel Serrault, Frédéric Diefenthal, and Julie Christie. Written by Salomé, Danièle Thompson, and Jérôme Tonnerre, the film is about a mummy's spirit that possesses a woman (Sophie Marceau) in the Paris museum. Loosely based on the 1927 horror novel "Belphégor" by Arthur Bernède, this film is the third dramatized adaptation, following the first film in 1927, and a TV miniseries in 1965. "Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre" was filmed on location at the Musée du Louvre, the first feature film to be shot in part inside the world-famous museum.
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Bartleby (1976 film) Bartleby is a 1976 French drama film directed by Maurice Ronet and starring Michael Lonsdale, Maxence Mailfort and Maurice Biraud. It is an adaptation of the short story "Bartleby" by Herman Melville.
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Tillie the Toiler (1941 film) Tillie the Toiler is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Sidney Salkow, which stars Kay Harris, William Tracy, and George Watts. The screenplay was written by Karen DeWolf and Francis Martin, from DeWolf's story, which in turn was based on the comic strip of the same name by Russ Westover. It was the second film based on the comic strip, and the first sound picture, the other being the 1927 silent film, also titled "Tillie the Toiler".