He is known for writing the screenplay for the 1955 film version of Lady Chatterley's Lover.
The future writer learned the Occitan language and the art of winemaking from his grandmother Bonhoure, from whom he also took his pen name.
He was hired by fr:Pierre Lazareff as chief reporter for the daily Paris-Soir.
For several years he was the director of the press empire of Jean Prouvost which included the publications Télé 7 Jours, Le Figaro, Paris Match, and France-Soir.
", which enjoyed wide popular acclaim in the 1960's, is a half-sarcastic, half-nostalgic recollection of his mother as a schoolteacher.