Michel Zévaco

Zévaco

Michel Zévaco (1860–1918) was a French journalist, novelist, and anarchist activist.[1]

Leader of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei recommended Zévaco's novels for the youth in 1998.[2]

Adaptations

Several of his novels have been adapted for film and television.

• Il ponte dei sospiri (1921, dir. Domenico Gaido)
• Buridan, le héros de la tour de Nesle (1923, dir. Pierre Marodon)
• Triboulet (1923, dir. Febo Mari)
• Nostradamus (1937, dir. Juan Bustillo Oro and Antonio Helú)
• Il ponte dei sospiri (1940, dir. Mario Bonnard)
• Le Capitan (1946, dir. Robert Vernay)
• Buridan, héros de la Tour de Nesle (1952, dir. Émile Couzinet)
• Sul ponte dei sospiri (1953, dir. Antonio Leonviola)
• Le Capitan (1960, dir. André Hunebelle)
• Le Chevalier de Pardaillan [fr] (1962, dir. Bernard Borderie)
• Hardi Pardaillan! (1964, dir. Bernard Borderie)
• The Avenger of Venice (1964, dir. Carlo Campogalliani and Piero Pierotti)

References

1. Maitron, Jean (July 18, 2022). "ZÉVACO Michel". Dictionnaire des anarchistes (in French). Paris: Maitron/Editions de l'Atelier.
2. "I have read most of Michel Zévaco's novels: Ayatollah Khamenei". 8 August 2016.

External links

• Works by Michel Zévaco at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Michel Zévaco at the Internet Archive
• Michel Zévaco - Bibliographie complète at Roman-Feuilleton & HARD-BOILED site (Comprehensive Bibliographies by Vladimir Matuschenko)
• List and covers of the Hebrew translations of Zevaco's books