Biography
Auguste Le Breton (born Auguste Monfort, 18 February 1913 – 31 May 1999) was a French novelist and screenwriter. He wrote primarily about the criminal underworld and is credited with introducing elements of French argot into literature. His work drew on personal experience of street life in Paris.
Le Breton wrote the dialogue for the 1956 film Bob le Flambeur, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Many of his novels were adapted for the screen, including Rififi (1955), Razzia sur la chnouf (1955), Le rouge est mis (1957) and Le clan des siciliens (1969). He wrote more than seventy novels.
