Writing · Novel
Active 1962–present · Awards: Médaille militaire, Croix de guerre 1939–1945, Prix Interallié, Prince Pierre Award, Prix d'Académie, Mac Orlan Prize, Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris
Jacques Perret was a French writer best known for his novel Le Caporal Épinglé (1947), which tells the story of his captivity in Germany and of his escape attempts.