Série noire

Série noire is a French publishing imprint, founded in 1945 by Marcel Duhamel. It has released a collection of crime fiction of the hardboiled detective thrillers variety published by Gallimard.

This article is about the publishing imprint. For the 1979 film, see Série noire (film). For the 1984 French TV series, see Série noire (1984 TV series). For the 2014 Quebecois TV series, see Série noire (2014 TV series).
Série noire
Série noire book covers on a street bookstand
Parent companyÉditions Gallimard
Founded1945
FounderMarcel Duhamel
Country of originFrance
Headquarters locationParis
Publication typesBooks
Fiction genrescrime fiction
Official websitewww.gallimard.fr

Anglo-American literature forms the bulk of their collection: it features especially Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Horace McCoy, William R. Burnett, Ed McBain, Chester Himes, Lou Cameron, Jim Thompson, Rene Brabazon Raymond (under his pseudonym James Hadley Chase) and Peter Cheyney. Books from the series were adapted into episodes on the 1984 television series of the same name.[1]

This name became a generic term for works of detective, and is considered to have inspired the French critic Nino Frank to create in 1946 the phrase Film noir, which describes Hollywood crime dramas.[2][3][4]

In common parlance, today, the term also means a series of dramatic events with similarities, or affecting the same victims.[5][6]

References
  1. Liger, Baptiste (11 June 2010). "Quel polar littéraire choisir sur petit écran?". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  2. "1945-70". Crimeculture.com. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. "Comment définir le film noir ?". commentfaiton.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. "Le Film Noir". Kdbuzz.com. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. Le Point, magazine. "Fukushima : la série noire continue". Le Point.fr. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. Adrien Francius. "Série noire chez JP Morgan". Marianne. Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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