Trivia

Friends with Fred Kassak, Maurice Bernard Endrèbe, Léo Malet, Louis C. Thomas, René Wheeler, Jacques Besnard, François Guérif, Jacques Baudou.

In 1987,the Société des Gens de Lettres awarded him the Paul Féval Prize of the Popular Novel for his works.

Commandeur Exquis de l'Ordre de la Grande Gidouille of the Collège de 'Pataphysique. Member of the OU.LI.PO.PO.

He translated into french mysteries by James M. Cain, David Goodis, Elmore Leonard, Ross Thomas(I), Julian Symons, and books by Woody Allen,Art Buchwald, Garson Kanin, Ephraim Kishon, Groucho Marx.

His mystery "Un revolver c'est comme un portefeuille"(1971), the journey of a gun from one ill-fated owner to another,is inspired by the screenplay of "Winchester'73" (1950), as the author mentions the fact at the end of his book.

In 1956, winner of the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière for his mystery "Pleins Feux sur Sylvie". He then became a member of the jury of this coveted Prize.

He chose his colored pseudonyms Michel Lebrun, Michel Lenoir and Michel Lecler to pay tribute to the popular novelists Maurice Leblanc, Gaston Leroux and Gustave Lerouge he admired.