question: What French author wrote the novel that the 1953 French-Italian film the wages of war was adapted from?
answer: Henri Girard
context: Title: Little World of Don Camillo
  Passage: Le Petit Monde de don Camillo ("The Little World of don Camillo"), or Don Camillo in Italian, is a 1952 French-Italian film directed by Julien Duvivier, starring Fernandel and Gino Cervi.  It was the first film in the ""Don Camillo"" series, which made Fernandel an international star.  The film was based on the novel "Don Camillo" by author Giovannino Guareschi.  It was followed in 1953 by "The Return of Don Camillo", also directed by Duvivier.
  Title: The Wages of Fear
  Passage: The Wages of Fear (French: Le salaire de la peur ) is a 1953 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Yves Montand, and based on the 1950 French novel "Le salaire de la peur" (lit.  "The Salary of Fear") by Georges Arnaud.  When an oil well owned by an American company catches fire, the company hires four European men, down on their luck, to drive two trucks over mountain dirt roads, loaded with nitroglycerine needed to extinguish the flames.  The film brought Clouzot international fame, and allowed him to direct "Les Diaboliques".  In France the film was the 4th highest-grossing film of the year with a total of 6,944,306 admissions.
  Title: Georges Arnaud
  Passage: Henri Girard (1917 - 1987) is a French author who used the pseudonym Georges Arnaud.  He was born in France, in Montpellier.  He is the author of the novel "The Wages of Fear" (French: "Le salaire de la peur" ).
citations: The Wages of Fear Georges Arnaud