Boris Vian

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Boris Vian was a French writer, poet, jazz trumpeter, engineer, and influential figure of postwar Parisian intellectual and artistic life.

All labels observed (2)

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Boris Vian canonical 7
Boris Paul Vian 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French person
engineer
human
jazz trumpeter
literary critic
novelist
playwright
poet
screenwriter
songwriter
writer
birthName Boris Vian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Boris Paul Vian
causeOfDeath heart attack
countryOfCitizenship France
dateOfBirth 1920-03-10
dateOfDeath 1959-06-23
educatedAt École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures
familyName Vian
fieldOfWork engineering
literature
music
genre absurdist fiction
satire
science fiction
givenName Boris
influenced French popular music
Parisian intellectual life
postwar French literature
instrument trumpet
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Collège de ’Pataphysique
surface form: Pataphysics

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name Boris Vian self-link
notableWork J’irai cracher sur vos tombes
Le Déserteur
Les Bâtisseurs d’empire
L’Arrache-cœur
L’Automne à Pékin
L’Écume des jours
occupation engineer
jazz trumpeter
literary critic
novelist
playwright
poet
screenwriter
songwriter
writer
placeOfBirth Ville-d'Avray, France
surface form: Ville-d’Avray, France
placeOfDeath Paris
surface form: Paris, France
residence Paris
surface form: Paris, France

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Café de Flore notablePatron Boris Vian
Lycée Condorcet hasAlumni Boris Vian
Serge Gainsbourg inspiredBy Boris Vian
Boris Vian name Boris Vian self-link
Boris Vian birthName Boris Vian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Boris Paul Vian
Juliette Gréco collaboratedWith Boris Vian