作者简介
BorisVianwasaFrenchpolymath:writer,poet,musician,singer,translator,critic,actor,inventorandengineer.HeisbestrememberedfornovelssuchasL’ÉcumedesjoursandL'Arrache-cœur(translatedintoEnglishasFrothontheDaydreamandHeartsnatcher,respectively).Heisalsoknownforhighlycontroversial"criminal"fictionreleasedunderthepseudonymVernonSullivanandsomeofhissongs(particularlytheanti-warLeDéserteur).Vianwasalsofascinatedwithjazz:heservedasliaisonfor,amongothers,DukeEllingtonandMilesDavisinParis,wroteforseveralFrenchjazz-reviews(LeJazzHot,ParisJazz)andpublishednumerousarticlesdealingwithjazzbothintheUnitedStatesandinFrance.
