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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 ]
- Journalist, Writer
- Legion of Honour
- 1914–1918, 1939–1945
Joseph Elie Kessel est le fils de Samuel Kessel, médecin juif d’origine lituanienne (à l'époque en Russie impériale ), et de Raïssa Lesk, d'une famille juive établie à Orenbourg, en Russie, sur le fleuve Oural 3. Samuel Kessel, après avoir passé son doctorat à Montpellier, s'embarque avec son épouse pour l' Argentine où il a ...
- Joseph Elie Kessel
- 10 février 1898Villa Clara
- 23 juillet 1979 (à 81 ans)Avernes
- Cimetière du Montparnasse
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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.
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- July 23, 1979
- February 10, 1898
Jul 27, 2020 · Catherine Deneuve in Luis Buñuel's 1967 film "Belle de Jour," based on the novel by Joseph Kessel. Writer-journalist Olivier Weber, who recently published “Dictionnaire amoureux de Joseph Kessel” (“Joseph Kessel’s Love Dictionary”), believes Kessel was more of a Russian writer than a French one. “Kessel argued that Dostoyevsky ...
"Joseph Kessel" published on by null. (1898–1979), French journalist and novelist born to Russian parents in Clara, Argentina. Kessel traveled widely, and his writing reflects his personal experiences and illustrates much of the splendor and horrors ...
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 .
