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Joseph Kessel (1898–1979)

Author of Le Lion

Includes the names: J. Kessel, Kessel Joseph, Joseph Kessel, Joseph Élie Kessel, Joseph Élie Kessel, Joseph Kessel; translated from the French By Herma

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Kessel, Joseph
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Date of birth
1898-02-10
Date of death
1979-07-23
Burial location
Cimitière de Montparnasse, Paris, France
Gender
male
Nationality
France
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Birthplace
Clara, Argentina
Place of death
Places of residence
Orenburg, Russian Empire
France
Education
Occupations
journalist
novelist
Relationships
Druon, Maurice (nephew)
Organizations
Académie française (Seat 27 ∙ 1962-1979)
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Short biography
Joseph Kessel was known as a hard-drinking, womanizing adventurer. He joined the French Resistance in World War II, and in 1943 produced one of the most famous novels of resistance to the German Occupation, "L'Armée des Ombres" (Army of Shadows).
With his nephew Maurice Druon, he also co-wrote the "Chant des Partisans," the song that became the anthem of the Resistance movement.
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