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Joseph Kessel (10 February 1898 – 23 July 1979), also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. He was a member of the Académie française and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour . Biography [ edit ]
Joseph Kessel, parfois dit « Jef » [Note 1], né le 15 février 1898 [Note 2] à Villa Clara (Entre Ríos, Argentine) et mort le 23 juillet 1979 à Avernes , est un romancier, grand reporter, aventurier, résistant et académicien français.
Joseph Kessel has 244 books on Goodreads with 27543 ratings. Joseph Kessel’s most popular book is Le Lion.
Jul 27, 2020 · They say that Joseph Kessel created a world of his own because the real world was too small for him. The French author-journalist, who wrote 88 books and countless resonant news reports and features, managed to convey in his writing not only historical events but also a wild vitality.
Joseph Kessel was a French journalist and novelist. He was born in Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina, because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Kessel lived the first years of his childhood in Orenburg, Russia, before the family moved to France.
Written by French journalist and resistant Joseph Kessel in London in 1943, apparently upon the request of the Général De Gaulle, « L’armée des ombres » is a beautiful tribute to the work of the resistance while the outcome of the war was still unclear in 1943.
Joseph Kessel (1898-1979) is a distinguished French traveler, journalist, and writer, and a member of the Académie Française. Best known for his scandalous masterpiece Belle de Jour, adapted for the cinema by Luis Buñuel in 1967, Kessel's literary prowess reached new heights in 1960 with the publication of Les Mains du Miracle. This ...
