Léo Malet (1909–1996) was a French crime novelist and surrealist.
He was known for creating the Parisian private eye Nestor Burma.
Leo Malet was born in Montpellier.
[1] In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others.
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