Joseph Kessel (1898–1979)
Author of The Lion
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Works by Joseph Kessel
The Man With the Miraculous Hands: The Fantastic Story of Felix Kersten, Himmler's Private Doctor (1960) 108 copies
Le lion — Author — 3 copies
Aller Menschen Ebenbild / Die Steppenreiter / Halic, der Draufgänger / Ein Falke für die Königin (1973) — Author — 3 copies
Les Maudru 3 copies
昼顔 3 copies
Jezdci 2 copies
61- Dr. Kersten o médico de Himmler 2 copies
Romans et récits I, II 2 copies
Romans: L'Equipage.- Les Captifs - Belle de jour - La Passante du sans-souci - Le Lion. (1964) 2 copies
Marches d'esclaves ; suivi de L'Irlande revolutionnaire (Serie "Grands Reporters") (French Edition) (1984) 2 copies
The Doll 2 copies
Bella de día Belle de jour 1 copy
LUANI 1 copy
Os amantes do Tejo 1 copy
Hong-Kong és Makao 1 copy
Les Cavaliers De Joseph Kessel - Le Sernier Safari De Léonard Wibberley - Un Soir à Evensham De Francis… (1973) 1 copy
Le Lion de Joseph Kessel (fiche de lecture et analyse complète de l'oeuvre) (French Edition) (2019) 1 copy
Le Tour du malheur: roman 1 copy
La fuente de Medicis 1 copy
4: L'homme de platre: roman 1 copy
Mary de Cork 1 copy
Bas-fonds 1 copy
Le procès des enfants perdus 1 copy
Le thé du capitaine Sogoub 1 copy
Building Strong Bridges 1 copy
Le tour du malheur. I - la fontaine medicis. II - f'affaire bernam. III - les lauriers roses - IV l'homme de… (1950) 1 copy
The magic touch (326) 1 copy
GÖLGELER ORDUSU 11 1 copy
Brunnen der Parzen 1 copy
KING IL LEONE 1 copy
La Paresse 1 copy
Marchés d'esclaves 1 copy
Associated Works
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: The Lion • Collision Course • September Moon • The Way West (1949) 3 copies
De Annapurna-expeditie; De leeuw; Brief uit Peking; De grote x — Author — 1 copy
Son dernier reportage, préface de Joseph Kessel — Preface — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Kessel, Joseph
- Birthdate
- 1898-02-10
- Date of death
- 1979-07-23
- Burial location
- Cimitière de Montparnasse, Paris, France
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Country (for map)
- France
- Birthplace
- Villa Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina
- Place of death
- Avernes, Val-d'Oise, France
- Places of residence
- Orenburg, Russian Empire
France - Education
- Conservatoire d'Art dramatique, Paris
Faculté de la Sorbonne, Paris (Licence, Lettres, 19 15)
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
Lycée Masséna, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France - Occupations
- journalist
novelist
French resistance fighter
screenwriter
pilot - Relationships
- Druon, Maurice (nephew)
Hauteclocque, Xavier de (friend, colleague)
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de (friend) - Organizations
- Académie française (Seat 27 ∙ 1962-1979)
French Resistance
Journal des Débats
La Liberté
Le Figaro - Awards and honors
- Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Médaille de l'ordre de la Libération (1947)
Académie française (1962) - Short biography
- Joseph Kessel, born to a Jewish family in Argentina, grew up in Russia and France. He served as a pilot in the French Air Force in World War I. From this experience, he wrote his first hit book, L'Équipage (The Crew, 1923). In the interwar years, he became known as a hard-drinking, womanizing adventurer, journalist, and novelist. During this time, Kessel covered important historical events such as the Irish Revolution, the slave trade in the Middle East, the Spanish Civil War, and the rise of the Nazis. 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. He finished the war back in the Armée de l'air as a pilot in a squadron that flew over France at night to maintain liaison with the Resistance and give it instructions. He was elected to the Académie française in 1962. In 1967, his earlier novel Belle de Jour (1928) was adapted by Luis Buñuel into a now-classic film of the same name. The Prix Joseph Kessel, established in his memory in 1991, is a prestigious annual French literary award.
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