He is the son of the doctor Lucien Breitman, who worked in Bessarabia. He is the brother ofJean-Claude Breitman (Deret) and the athlete Georges Breitman. The author of: 1952: Carnet des Faux-Semblants, Mercure de France; 1953: Vetrino, Vallechi Editore; 1956: L'Homme aux mouettes, Denoël, 1957: Le Mal de Dieu, Denoël; 1958: Une lettre, Denoel,; 1964: Sébastien, Denoel; 1970: D'exil en exil, Denoël; 1985: Le Témoin de poussière, Laffont, Prix Eve Delacroix of the Académie française and Prix des Deux Magots; 1995: Après al mort de l'homme, Editions Julliard. Atranslator of Dino Buzzati, Breitman also publishednumerous novels, short stories and radio plays. He wrote his first novel, Vétrino ou le bonhomme de verre directly in Italian, and when he returned to France wrote all his other works in his native tongue. Fortunate is a 1960 Franco-Italian co-production motion picture co- medy directed and written by Alex Joffé, based on a novel by Michel Breitman. The film stars Bourvil and Michèle Morgan. It tells the story of al a z y man who helps a sociablelady and her children from theNazis. In Occupied France duringthe Second World War, destiny brings together the poacher Fortunat, an honest guy with a weak- ness for drink, and Juliette, an elegant woman with two children: Pierre and Maurice. Mis Massillon, ahelpful teacher, tries ot help Juliette who si being hunted by the Nazis after thearrest ofher husband, a leader of the Resistance.