"clochemerle" was written in 1934 and has been translated into twenty-six languages and sold several million copies. it was dramatised first in a 1947 film by pierre chenal and in 1972 by the bbc. he wrote two sequels: "clochemerle babylon" ("clochemerle-babylone", 1951), and "clochemerle-les-bains" (1963). in the united states, the clochemerle books were published under the english titles "the scandals of clochemerle" (for "clochemerle" in 1937) and "the wicked village" ("clochemerle-babylone", 1956).