Forward Boris Vian!

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By: Céline Develay Mazurelle

On the occasion of the centenary of the birth of Boris Vian, March 10, 1920, we take you through the streets of the capital and its surroundings, in the footsteps of one of the most singular and sparkling figures of the post-war period. France.

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Free thinker with squeaky humor and a bit disenchanted, the writer, singer, author and musician Boris Vian will have crossed Paris at the speed of light and marked with his creative and poetic genius in the 20th century.

Even today, his writings " The scum of the days " or " the Heartache " as his songs " The deserter ", " I'm snob " or " The java of atomic bombs " strike by their modernity and their ingenuity .

Follow us on a journey, on a be-bop tune, in the Paris of Bison Ravi! From Saint-Germain-des-Prés to Ville d'Avray where he grew up, passing through his lair in Cité Véron in the 18th arrondissement, in the company of those who knew him, loved him and love him again.

A report by Céline Develay-Mazurelle.

► Useful links:
- The Centennial site of the birth of Boris Vian

► To read:
- " Boris Vian presented by Mathias Malzieu ", a collector's box to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Boris Vian is available in the Pocket Book.
- " Boris Vian " by Claire Julliard. Editions Folio Biographies.
- " Boris Vian, the swing and the verb ", by Nicole Bertolt, Francois Roulmann and Marc Lapprand. Textual Editions.
- “ Boris Vian -If I was pohéteû- ”, by Marc Lapprand and François Roulmann. Gallimard Discovery Editions.

Living room of Boris Vian's apartment in Pigalle, Paris. Courtesy of Cohérie Boris Vian. Céline Develay-Mazurelle

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