Paris 2015: Père-Lachaise Columbarium #3: Georges Conchon

'GEORGES CONCHON

ÉCRIVAIN

1925–1990'

Georges Conchon travelled a great deal, especially in Africa. He wrote over twenty books and a number of screenplays, and his Goncourt-winning L'État sauvage (1964) – set in an African country under colonial rule – he adapted into a film directed by Francis Girod.