Writing
Paul Guth
Born — Died
1910-03-05 — 1997-10-29
Place of birth
Ossun, Hautes-Pyrénées, France
Known for
Writing
Credits
8 titles
Paul Guth (5 March 1910 – 29 October 1997) was a French humorist, journalist and writer, and the President of the Académie des provinces françaises. A novelist, essayist, columnist, memoirist, historian, pamphleteer, he distinguished himself in every genre with a combination of sensitivity and savagery. He wrote about fifty works on various subjects, ranging from straight history to personal anecdotes, never holding back in criticism of contemporary failings. Paul Guth was born in Ossun on 5 March 1910 to a family of modest means. His parents used to live in Villeneuve-sur-Lot, but his mother, a bigourdane, gave birth to him at her family's hometown of Ossun, in the canton of Hautes-Pyréné…
Known for
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
8.5Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
6.2No synopsis available yet.
30 millions d'amis
1976
8.0No synopsis available yet.
À bout portant
1968
5.7Variations on the cultural and intellectual explosion in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district in 1946.
Disorder
1950
Film credits
Series credits
6.8No synopsis available yet.
Champs-Elysées
1982
8.5Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran for fifteen years (724 episodes) from January 10, 1975, to June 22, 1990, and was one of the most watched shows on French television (around 6 million regular viewers). It was broadcast on Friday nights on the channel France 2 (which was called "Antenne 2" from 1975 to 1992). The hourlong show was devoted to books, authors and literature. The format varied between one-on-one interviews with a single author and open discussions between four or five authors.
Apostrophes
1975
6.0No synopsis available yet.
Midi trente
1972
6.2No synopsis available yet.
30 millions d'amis
1976
8.0No synopsis available yet.
À bout portant
1968
Behind the camera
7.0Paul is an accomplished teacher at Janson-de-Sailly. A "good guy" who, having returned for the holidays to the provincial town where he was raised, finds Véronique, his childhood friend. He falls madly in love...
Le Naïf amoureux
1965
6.0Jean-François Robignac, a teacher, arrives at a provincial college to teach literature to ninth-graders. He quickly wins over the children with his youthful way with words. But his parents want to have him expelled when they learn that Jean-François uses slang words to rejuvenate writers' texts.
The Innocent with Forty Children
1957