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Nestor Burma is a fictional character created by French crime novelist Léo Malet.

Nestor Burma
Guy Marchand as Nestor Burma
Created by	Léo Malet
Portrayed by	René Dary Daniel Sorano Michel Galabru Michel Serrault Gérard Desarthe Guy Marchand
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Private detective
Nationality	French

Overview

In the Burma series, one can isolate a subset of novels each set in a different quarter (arrondissement) of Paris which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries of Paris", alluding to Eugene Sue's The Mysteries of Paris (1842–43). Burma is a hardboiled private detective, in the mold of American characters such as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe but decidedly more humorous. He works with a secretary, Hélène, who is hopelessly infatuated with Nestor, in what he calls the "Fiat Lux Agency". Burma's nemeses are typically just as much the police investigating the crime as they are the original perpetrators. Specifically, he often matches wits with Commissaire Faroux and Inspector Fabre.

Adaptations

The novels have been adapted numerous times, most notably as a television series starring Guy Marchand, which began in 1991.

List of Adaptations

• 120, rue de la Gare, directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman (1946), with René Dary
• La Nuit d'Austerlitz, directed by Stellio Lorenzi (TV film, 1954), with Daniel Sorano
• La Nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, directed by Bob Swaim (1977), with Michel Galabru
• Nestor Burma, détective de choc, directed by Jean-Luc Miesch (1982), with Michel Serrault and Jane Birkin
• Les Rats de Montsouris, directed by Maurice Frydland (TV film, 1988), with Gérard Desarthe
• Nestor Burma (TV series, 39 episodes, 1991–2003), with Guy Marchand

Select titles

• 120, rue de la Gare (1943)
• Le cinquième procédé (The Fifth Process) (1948)
• Le soleil naît derrière le Louvre (The Sun Rises Behind the Louvre) (1954)
• Des kilomètres de linceuls (Kilometers of Shrouds) (1955)
• Fièvre au Marais (Marais Fever) (1955)
• La nuit de Saint-Germain-des-Prés (The night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés) (1955)
• M'as-tu vu en cadavre? (Have you seen me as a corpse?) (1956)
• Brouillard au pont de Tolbiac (Fog at the Tolbiac Bridge) (1956)
• Casse-pipe à la Nation (1957)
• Micmac moche au Boul' Mich' (1957)
• Nestor Burma court la poupée (1971)

Other media

A series of graphic novels by artist Jacques Tardi have also been published to great critical acclaim. The third in this series was an original story by Tardi.

External links

• Nestor Burma at coolfrenchcomics.com

На других языках

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- [en] Nestor Burma

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[fr] Nestor Burma

Nestor Burma est un détective privé de fiction, créé en 1942 par Léo Malet. « On peut le considérer comme le premier détective privé de la littérature policière française »[1]. « Ce Gavroche monté en graine (selon l'expression de Boileau-Narcejac) entretient d'assez mauvais rapports avec la police officielle, toujours prête à le soupçonner des pires méfaits. Cynique, gouailleur, très désinvolte, il ne connaît pas toujours la réussite, mais ne laisse pas les dames indifférentes »[2]. La plupart de ses aventures ont pour cadre la ville de Paris, notamment dans les romans de la série des Nouveaux Mystères de Paris, dont le titre est un clin d'œil aux Mystères de Paris d'Eugène Sue et dont l'action se déroule à chaque fois dans un arrondissement différent.

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[it] Nestor Burma

Nestor Burma è un personaggio immaginario creato dal romanziere francese Léo Malet,[1] protagonista di una serie di romanzi polizieschi;[2][3][4] è un detective privato del genere hardboiled come Sam Spade e Philip Marlowe.[5] Lavora con una segretaria, Hélène, che è infatuata di lui, in una agenzia di investigazioni che chiama "Fiat Lux Agency". Dai romanzi è stata tratta una serie televisiva nel 1991 e una serie di graphic novel realizzate da Jacques Tardi, pubblicata con grande successo di critica. La serie a fumetti venne pubblicata inizialmente sulla rivista antologica À Suivre nel 1981 e poi in volumi cartonati editi da Casterman dal 1982 realizzata da Tardi che ne disegnò le prime cinque storie; la serie venne poi continuata da Emmanuel Moynot e dal 2013 da Nicolas Barral.[1]

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