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Joseph Kessel

Born

in Villa Clara, Argentina

February 10, 1898

Died

July 23, 1979

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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. He studied in Nice and Paris, and took part in the First World War as an aviator.

Kessel wrote several novels and books that were later represented in the cinema, notably Belle de Jour (by Luis Buñuel in 1967). He was also a member of the Académie française from 1962 to 1979. In 1943 he and his nephew Maurice Druon translated Anna Marly's song Chant des Partisans into French from its original Russian. The song became one of the anthems of the Free French F ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 15,706 ratings · 1,206 reviews · 308 distinct works • Similar authors

	Le Lion 3.91 avg rating — 4,302 ratings — published 1958 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les mains du miracle 4.47 avg rating — 2,659 ratings — published 1960 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belle de jour 3.66 avg rating — 1,851 ratings — published 1928 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L'Armée des ombres 4.20 avg rating — 1,229 ratings — published 1943 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les cavaliers 4.40 avg rating — 1,041 ratings — published 1967 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	L’Équipage 3.76 avg rating — 412 ratings — published 1923 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mermoz 4.37 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 1938 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Vallée des rubis 3.75 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 1955 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fortune carrée 4.11 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1932 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Passante du Sans-Souci 3.88 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 1936 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Heureux sont les hommes qui rencontrent soudain, dans la révélation d'un métier, l'assouvissement de leurs désirs jusque là incertains et la règle pour laquelle ils sont faits. Plus heureux encore ceux qui, riches de passions contradictoires, trouvent dans ce métier leur propre clef, la solution de leur être intérieur et le point d'équilibre entre les tendances qui les déchirent !”
― Joseph Kessel, Mermoz

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“Les grands voyages ont ceci de merveilleux que leur enchantement commence avant le départ même. On ouvre les atlas, on rêve sur les cartes. On répète les noms magnifiques des villes inconnues.”
― Joseph Kessel

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“Je ne veux pas mourir. Je n'ai pas commencé à vivre...”
― Joseph Kessel, La Rose de Java

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