{"name": "Boris Vian", "alternate_names": ["Vernon Sullivan", "Vian", "boris vian", "Vian Boris", "Boris Endriu Vian", "Vian, Boris, 1920-1959", "Vijan, Boris, 1920-1959"], "death_date": "1959", "type": {"key": "/type/author"}, "source_records": ["amazon:2729400745", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2020-12-14", "marc:marc_columbia/Columbia-extract-20221130-013.mrc:15901336:1356", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-10-06", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-05-15:KO-947-234", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-05-16:KH-597-003", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2023-05-24:KF-481-188", "amazon:2344020128", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-07-13", "amazon:2253129305", "promise:bwb_daily_pallets_2021-08-19", "ia:bwb_KT-120-431", "ia:lcumedesjours0000unse", "ia:lecumedesjourssu0000vian"], "personal_name": "Boris Vian", "remote_ids": {"viaf": "9983585", "wikidata": "Q7833", "isni": "0000000120207357", "bookbrainz": "c945be6c-1ad2-4e03-9cd5-b5fd09f863a0", "musicbrainz": "831094a1-8295-459d-bc64-ed25e6cc1192", "imdb": "nm0895644", "lc_naf": "n80034923", "opac_sbn": "CFIV115706", "youtube": "@borisvian7568", "goodreads": "15959"}, "birth_date": "1920", "photos": [15229006, 3370523, 3370522], "key": "/authors/OL56353A", "bio": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "Boris Vian \u00e9tait un homme aux multiples talents : \u00e9crivain, po\u00e8te, musicien, chanteur, traducteur, critique, acteur, inventeur et ing\u00e9nieur. On se souvient surtout de lui pour des romans tels que *L\u2019\u00c9cume des jours* et *L\u2019Arrache-c\u0153ur.* Il est \u00e9galement connu pour ses romans policiers controvers\u00e9s, publi\u00e9s sous le pseudonyme de Vernon Sullivan, et pour certaines de ses chansons (notamment *Le D\u00e9serteur,* chanson antimilitariste). Passionn\u00e9 de jazz, Vian a notamment servi d\u2019interm\u00e9diaire \u00e0 Duke Ellington et Miles Davis \u00e0 Paris, a collabor\u00e9 \u00e0 plusieurs revues de jazz fran\u00e7aises *(Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz)* et a publi\u00e9 de nombreux articles sur le jazz aux \u00c9tats-Unis et en France.\r\n\r\n---\r\n\r\nBoris Vian was a French polymath: writer, poet, musician, singer, translator, critic, actor, inventor and engineer. He is best remembered for novels such as *L\u2019\u00c9cume des jours* and *L'Arrache-c\u0153ur* (translated into English as *Froth on the Daydream* and *Heartsnatcher,* respectively). He is also known for highly controversial \"criminal\" fiction released under the pseudonym Vernon Sullivan and some of his songs (particularly the anti-war *Le D\u00e9serteur).* Vian was also fascinated with jazz: he served as liaison for, among others, Duke Ellington and Miles Davis in Paris, wrote for several French jazz-reviews *(Le Jazz Hot, Paris Jazz)* and published numerous articles dealing with jazz both in the United States and in France."}, "links": [{"title": "Boris Vian - Website", "url": "https://www.borisvian.org/", "type": {"key": "/type/link"}}], "latest_revision": 18, "revision": 18, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2008-04-01T03:28:50.625462"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-06-11T04:07:54.233487"}}