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| − | '''Boris Vian''' ([[1920]] [[March 10]] (Ville d'Avray) — [[1959]]) was an [[anti-militarism|anti-militarist]], a [[pacifism|pacifist]], trained civil engineer (receiving his diploma in [[1942]]), film actor, cabaret singer, translator, inventor, record company executive and Transcendent Satrap of the College de Pataphysique, best known as an extremely gifted writer and [[jazz]] [[music]]ian. He wrote the erotic novel, [[J'irai cracher sur vos tombes]] [[1947]] (I'll Spit On Your Graves), which wass seized by [[police]] on moral grounds. In the mid-[[1950s]], at the time of the [[Algeria]]n crisis, he wrote popular [[song]]s (including "[[Le déserteur]]", a french classic [[chanson]]). Also by Vian: [[L'Ecume des jours]], [[L'Herbe rouge]], [[L'Arrache-coeur]]. Vian made his antimitilitarism (and scorn for [[existentialism]]) plain when he wrote,
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| − | "War is a social phenomenon of capital interest because all those who engage in it may earn a pure and complete objectification and thus reach the corpse state … but war does not provide a solution because often one is not killed."
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| − | Vian went to a preview screening of the film [[J'irai cracher sur vos tombes]]. He strongly disapproved of the filmʼs treatment of his work, having battled with the film company for years and having all his own film treatments of the book rejected by the producers. Having forgotten to take his medicine that morning, and very agitated, the experience literally killed him.
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| − | After ten minutes of attendance, seated in an armchair, he collapsed and [[death|died]].
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| − | ==External links==
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| − | * http://www.toadshow.com.au/rob/vian/vian.htm
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| − | * http://greenspun.com/boohoo/related.tcl?page_id=boris-vian
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| − | * http://web.archive.org/web/20060427193154/http://www.obyron.com/hue00/borisv/cinvit.htm
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| − | ===Audio of his music===
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| − | * http://membres.lycos.fr/undergronde/mp3/vian_sfaire_engueuler.mp3
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| − | * http://membres.lycos.fr/undergronde/jazz/borisvian.html
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| − | [[Category:Jazz musicians]]
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| − | [[Category:Chanson musicians]]
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| − | [[Category:Novelists]]
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| − | [[Category:Anti-militarists]]
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| − | [[Category:Pacifists]]
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