Roland Topor
Writing
- Born
- January 7, 1938 · Paris, France
- Died
- April 16, 1997 (age 59)
Roland Topor was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, known for the surreal nature of his work. He gained notoriety as one of the home cartoonists of the subversive French magazine Hara-Kiri, renamed later Charlie-Hebdo.
Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, a chilling exploration of alienation and identity, asking disturbing questions about how we define ourselves.
Known for
The Tenant
May 26, 1976
Fantastic Planet
December 1, 1973
The Snails
May 31, 1966
The Troubles of Alfred
March 8, 1972
Marquis
April 26, 1989
Dead Times
December 1, 1964
The Hamburg Syndrome
November 22, 1979
La Galette du roi
January 29, 1986
The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World
October 27, 1990
The Butcher, the Star and the Orphan
February 19, 1975
The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm
January 11, 2012
The Daughter of the Railroad Crossing Guard
September 3, 1975
Behind the camera18
- 2024Joko Theatre Play
- 2019Portrait of Suzanne Original Story
- 2012The Orphan Plus Minus an Arm Original Story
- 2008Batailles Theatre Play
- 2005L'Hiver sous la table Author
- 1990The Most Beautiful Breasts in the World Story
- 1989Marquis Writer, Art Direction
- 1986La Galette du roi Writer
- 1979The Hamburg Syndrome Writer
- 1976The Tenant