Denis Lalanne
Denis Lalanne
Born1 April 1926
Pau, France
Died7 December 2019(2019-12-07) (aged 93)
Anglet, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationSports journalist
Years active1955–2019

Denis Lalanne (1 April 1926 – 7 December 2019) was a French sports journalist who specialized in tennis, rugby union, and golf.[1]

Biography

As an adolescent, Lalanne attended boarding school in Seine-et-Oise, where he befriended Michel Bouquet. He then wrote for L'Équipe, a French daily sports newspaper. In this time period, he wrote several books on rugby, including Le grand combat du XV de France and La peau des Springboks.[2][3]

In 1978, Lalanne led the commentary for the France-Scotland rugby match with Georges de Caunes, and the French Open.

His book Le grand combat du XV de France was adapted into a documentary film in 2006 by Serge Tignères and Étienne Bellan Huchery. A limited edition box set was released by the French Rugby Federation.

In 2011, Lalanne founded the Festival Singe-Germain in Saint-Germain-des-Prés with Jean Cormier, a sports and cultural festival.

Novels written by Lalanne include Un long dimanche à la campagne and Le devoir de français,[4] the latter of which was adapted into a film.[5]

He still had a weekly column for Midi olympique until his death.

In 2012, an award in Lalanne's name was founded by the French Tennis Federation called the Prix Denis-Lalanne. The prize is given to the best French-language article written during the French Open.

In April 2019, Lalanne published his last novel, Dieu ramasse les copies.

Denis Lalanne died in his home in Anglet, France on 7 December 2019.[6]

Works

  • Jean Borotra - Roger Courtois - Jean et Maurice Prat (1955)
  • La mêlée fantastique (1961)
  • Le Grand Combat du Quinze de France (1962)
  • Le Tennis (1963)
  • Les Coquelicots de Cardiff (1965)
  • La Girouette en deuil (1968)
  • Géants du Rugby (1970)
  • Les conquérants du XV de France (1970)
  • Les nouveaux géants du rugby (1974)
  • Dauga (Podium) (1975)
  • Grand Chelem (1977)
  • Nous reviendrons à Eden Park : le fabuleux roman de la Coupe du monde de rugby 1987 (1987)
  • Golf 1987 : le roman de l'année (1987)
  • Le grand combat du XV de France (1993)
  • Un long dimanche à la campagne (1995)
  • Le temps des Boni (2002)
  • Rue du bac : Salut aux années Blondin (2002)
  • Une table chez Romanoff (2003)
  • Élissalde de pères en fils (2006)
  • Dicovale : Le dico non officiel du rugby (2007)
  • La peau des Springboks (2007)
  • Chronique Coupe du Monde de Rugby 2007 (2007)
  • Bergougnan : Un génie du rugby (2008)
  • Le rugby est ma patrie (2009)
  • Trois balles dans la peau (2011)
  • Allez les gazelles (2012)
  • Lignes d'avant(s) et lignes d'arrivée (2015)
  • La Famille Rugby (2015)
  • Rugbymania : French flair attitude (2016)
  • Dieu ramasse les copies (2019)

References

  1. ↑ "Disparition de Denis Lalanne, grande plume du rugby". L'Équipe (in French). 7 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Le grand combat du XV de France". La Table Ronde (in French). 4 November 1993.
  3. ↑ "La peau des Springboks". La Table Ronde (in French). 16 May 2007.
  4. ↑ "Le devoir de français". Gallimard (in French). 24 September 1974.
  5. ↑ Le Devoir de français (in French). Paris: TF1. 21 July 1978.
  6. ↑ "L'écrivain et journaliste sportif Denis Lalanne est mort". Sud-Ouest.fr (in French). 7 December 2019.
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