Vahé-KarnikKhatchadourianbetterknownasVahéKatcha(inArmenianՎահեՔաչա)(borninDamascus,Syria1April1928-diedinParison14January2003)wasaFrenchArmenianauthor,screenwriterandjournalist.Katchawrote25novelsandtwotheatrepiecesinadditiontoagreatnumberofadaptationsandscreenwritingforagreatnumberofFrenchfilms.HisnovelL'HameçonwasadaptedfortheAmericanfilmTheHook.CareerBorninSyria,KatchaspenthischildhoodinLebanon,immigratingtoFrancein1945whenhewasjust17andwherehepursuedstudiesatIDECinfilmscreenwritingandwonthePelmanprizein1962for2filmreportages,PasdepitiépourlesaveuglesetLescancéreux.Hepublishedhisfirstbookatage20titledLesmégotsdudimancheonGallimardfollowedupbyŒilpourœil.ThelatterwasadaptedtofilmdirectedbyAndréCayatte.Katchawrote25novelsincludingUnhommeesttombédanslarueinadditiontotwotheatrepieces.Hewasinvolvedinscreenwritingfor15films.HisbooksadaptedtothescreenincludeGaliathatlaunchedMireilleDarc,ÀCœurjoie(EnglishtitleTwoWeeksinSeptember)starringBrigitteBardot,LeMaître-nageurstarringJean-LouisTrintignantandJean-ClaudeBrialyandLaGrandeSauterellestarringMireilleDarc.Heworkedwith1963MGMfilmTheHookstarringKirkDouglas,adaptedfromhisbookL'Hameçon.HealsocooperatedwithFrenchfilmdirectorofArmenianoriginHenriVerneuilco-screenwritingforLeCasse(EnglishtitleTheBurglars)starringJean-PaulBelmondoandOmarSharifandinMayrigstarringClaudiaCardinaleandOmarSharif.OneofhisbestknownbooksisUnpoignarddanscejardinpublishedin1981aboutthelifeofanArmenianfamilyinConstantinopleduringtheOttomanEmpireandtheArmenianmassacres.OthernotableworksincludeUnbateaudesingesin1966,Lamortd'unjuifin1972,Unbruitquicourtin1979andLeChypriote(acollaborationwithArlenPapazianin1982)allpublishedbyLesPressesdelaCité.HistheatrepiecesareLeRepasdesfauvesin1960andLaFarcein1963(withmiseenscènebyJean-JacquesAslanian).HisworkshavebeentranslatedintomanylanguagesincludingEnglish,Spanish,GermanandArmenianinseparatecoversorthroughliteraryjournalslike«Գրականթերթ»and«Գարուն».Novels1953:Lesmégotsdudimanche1955:Oeilpouroeil1957:L'hameçon1958:TheHook(translatedbyAlexandraTorok)(adaptationofL'hameçon)1962:L'Hommequitroublalafête1963:LaCanne1964:Seréveillerdémon1966:Unbateaudesinges1967:Acoeurjoie1967:Galia1968:Quitteoudouble,Galia1968:Dixfillesquiselèventàmidi1972:Lamortd'unjuif1973:Laissermourirlesautres1975:Unhommeesttombedanslarue1977:Larevanchedesseigneurs1979:LeMaitre-nageur1979:Unbruitquicourt1980:Quefaites-vouscesoir,MonsieurKilian?1981:Unpoignarddanscejardin1982:LeChypriote(withArlenPapazian)1983:Unpoignarddanscejardin1985:LeprovocateurFilmography/Screenwriting1957:Œilpourœil(fromhissame-titlednovelŒilpourœil)1963:TheHook(fromhisnovelL'Hameçon)1964:Lerepasdesfauves(fromhissame-titlednovelLerepasdesfauves)1966:TwoHourstoKill1966:Galia(originalscenarioanddialogue)1967:Lagrandesauterelle(fromhisnovelQuelqu'unmourracesoir)1967:ÀCœurjoie(EnglishtitleTwoWeeksinSeptember)1970:MotoShelYehudi1971:LeCasse(EnglishtitleTheBurglars)1972:Lesgaletsd'Étretat1973:Lesvoraces(novel,screenplay,adaptation)1979:Jevousferaiaimerlavie(writer)1979:Lemaître-nageur(novel)1986:Mehmani-ekhosoosi(story)1987:TheLastImage(story)Television1972:Lacanne(TVfilm)(fromhisnovel)1990/1991:LeGorille(TVseries)(3episodes,adaptationanddialogue)ReportagesPasdepitiépourlesaveuglesLescancéreuxTheatre1960:LeRepasdesfauves1963:LaFarce(withmiseenscènebyJean-JacquesAslanian)

性别: 男

星座: 白羊座

生卒日期: 1928年04月01日 至 2003年01月14日

出生地: 叙利亚,大马士革

职业: 编剧

imdb编号: nm0441194