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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 ( Val-d'Oise ), est un romancier, grand reporter, aventurier, résistant et académicien français .
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 has 244 books on Goodreads with 27543 ratings. Joseph Kessel’s most popular book is Le Lion.
KESSEL, JOSEPH (1898–1979), French author. Kessel was born in Clara, one of the Jewish agricultural settlements in Argentina, where his father was physician. The family returned to Russia and, when Joseph was ten years old, settled in France.
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.
Jul 25, 1979 · Joseph Kessel, the French journalist and author who wrote the novel “Belle de Jour,” died Monday at his home outside Paris, his family announced yesterday. He was 81 years old.
