Gilbert Cesbron

Who was Gilbert Cesbron?

Gilbert Cesbron was a French novelist.

Born in Paris, Cesbron attended what is now known as Lycée Condorcet. In 1944, he published his first novel, Les innocents de Paris, in Switzerland. He first came into wide public acclaim with the release of Notre prison est un royaume in 1948, and Il est minuit, docteur Schweitzer in 1950.

In his works, Cesbron tended to illustrate and describe relevant social topics such as: juvenile delinquency in Chiens perdus sans collier, violence in Entre chiens et loups, euthanasia in Il est plus tard que tu ne penses, and working priests in Les Saints vont en enfer.

In 1955, Cesbron's book Chiens perdus sans collier, the story of an orphan boy and a benevolent judge, was made into a movie starring Jean Gabin and Robert Dalban.