Léo Malet

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Personal Info

Known for

Writing

From

Montpellier, Hérault, France

Born

3/7/1909

Age

116

Credit(s)

2

Biography

Léo Malet (7 March 1909 – 3 March 1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist. Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925. In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magrit ...Show More