1976Winner
Best Writing
The Tenant
Roland Topor
Actor · Writer
Paris, France
January 7, 1938
Biography
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.
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Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1979Nominee
Best Performance
Nosferatu the Vampyre
1973Winner
Best Writing
Fantastic Planet
Career Highlights
1974Highlight
Best Performance
Sweet Movie
1989Highlight
Best Writing
Marquis
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The Tenant
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Fantastic Planet