Dominique Fabre (novelist)
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For the currently publishing author, see Dominique Fabre.
Dominique Fabre (30 June 1929 – 20 December 2010) was a Swiss screenwriter and novelist.[1] His book Un Beau Monstre received the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière in 1968.[2] He is not to be confused with the current French author Dominique Fabre.[1]
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Dominique Fabre | |
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Born | (1929-06-30)30 June 1929 Geneva, Switzerland |
Died | 20 December 2010(2010-12-20) (aged 81) Pfeffikon, Switzerland |
Nationality | Swiss |
Occupation(s) | screenwriter, novelist, journalist |
Known for | Un Beau Monstre |
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Fabre started his career as a journalist before becoming a screenwriter. He most frequently worked with film director Étienne Périer. Fabre also wrote three crime novels in the late 1960s and early 1970s.[3] Later in his life, he wrote mostly for television.
Fabre died in Pfeffikon on 20 December 2010, at the age of 81.[4]