Of Alain Delon remain cinema memories but also a book, The women in my lifepublished by Editions Carpentier in 2011. The actor who died last August pays tribute to “those [qu’il] loved, who [l’] liked” particularly through“magnificent photographs, captioned in his hand, the vast majority unpublished and coming from his personal collection”.
Dozens of biographers, novelists and journalists have also devoted numerous pages to the star of the Cheetah. Some of these publications did not necessarily please the person concerned. This is the case ofa biography published at the turn of the new millennium and almost instantly became a real bestseller.
Alain Delon: this book he wanted banned at all costs
On September 25, 2000, a biography entitled The Delon mysteries.
The author, Bernard Violetdraw a
alternative career history of “one of the rare French people known throughout the world” backwards from
“the official story that the person concerned wanted to impose on the press”. The reader then discovers in a new light
“the existence of a complex and unexpected character: a damaged childhood, an eventful adolescence, a surprisingly full adult life”…
Although 100,000 copies were sold, the best-seller almost never saw the light of day. An article recently published by The Parisian reveals that Anouchka Delon's father had wanted to ban it. Bernard Violet won his case after a lawyer advised him to “skip a lot of information either because they were linked to the double life of the Samurai, or because they did not contain enough tangible evidence..
Alain Delon: this new book that might have displeased him
Bernard Violet would probably not have reconciled with the actor by publishing during his lifetime an abrasive new book. In The last Delon mysteriesreleased this November 14, once again debunks the “official story” and makes a shattering revelation: the bisexuality of the star that we nevertheless remember having heard homosexuality described as a relationship
“unnatural”in 2013.
Asked by The Parisianthe author says he relies on testimonies of “credible personalities” which make him think that “Delon was bisexual, at least for the first thirty years of his life”. “Several minutes of the Marković affair also mention it, sometimes in a somewhat crude manner. Romy Schneider she herself had made the secret to one of his best friends”he certifies. The Delon family has not reacted to his comments at this time.
