Louis Chauvet

Louis Chauvet (27 July 1906 in Perpignan – 18 April 1981 in Menucourt) was a 20th-century French writer and journalist, winner of the 1953 prix Interallié.

Biography The son of the regionalist historian Horace Chauvet, Louis Chauvet became a journalist at Temps, Comœdia, and Le Figaro where he mainly worked in the film department. In this capacity he was the president of the International Federation of the Film Press. Also a novelist, he was awarded the 1953 Prix Interallié published by Fammarion for L'Air sur la quatrième corde.

Works 1977: L'Été d'osseja, la Pensée Universelle, Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) 1965: La "poïétique" de Paul Valéry 1961: Le Cinéma à travers le monde (essai) cowritten with Jean Fayard and Pierre Mazars 1956: La Petite Acrobate de l'Helvétia 1953: L'Air sur la quatrième corde — Prix Interallié 1950: Le porte-plume et la camera 1949: Furieusement tendre 1928: Les Sports et le droit pénal. Discours prononcé à la séance solennelle de réouverture de la Conférence des avocats stagiaires, le 14 janvier 1928