- He took his pen name Jean Vautrin from the character Vautrin in 'La Comédie humaine by Honoré de Balzac but his mother's family had also relatives of that name.
- Anne Doat's and his third child Julien was diagnosed autistic. He decided to become a novelist and Anne stopped working as an actress . They founded Autisme Solidarité and Hermsn under the pen name Jean Vautrin published later a autobiographical novel 'La Vie ripolin' partly based on this event.
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