Joseph Kessel

Joseph Kessel ( born February 10, 1898 in Entre Ríos, Argentina, † 23 July 1979, Avernes, Val- d'Oise ) was a French journalist, adventurer and novelist.

Life and work

Joseph Kessel descended from Russian-Jewish parents. His younger brother, Lazare Kessel (1899-1920) was the biological father of the writer Maurice Druon ( 1918-2009 ). Boiler father, a doctor, had emigrated from Russia and is trying to build a new life in Argentina. But he went back later returned to Russia and finally lived from 1908 in France. So experienced boiler an eventful youth in the boonies, attended schools in Montlhery, in Orenburg ( Urals ), in Nice, and finally in Paris ( Lycée Louis -le- Grand). In 1916 he volunteered for the under construction French Air Force and was awarded the Military Medal and the Croix de Guerre 1914-18. His book " L' equipage " ( The team, 1923) the experiences reflected at the front and is one of the first airmen novels. He began his career as a foreign correspondent. Boiler quickly earned a reputation as an adventurer who traveled almost the entire world. In his reports, but also in novels, he treated next war themes often flying. His favorite genre is the adventure novel, is one of the most important representatives of the novel about Henri de Monfreid Fortune Carrée. After the surrender of France in 1940, he joined the Resistance.

Despite the success of his books, it never quite succeeded boiler to find recognition as a writer. His novels were located close to the popular literature, travel reports on the report. On admission to the Académie française in 1962 wrote literary critic as well, boiler was " the first reporter under the dome of the immortals ."

Many of his works have been made ​​into a film, so for example, Belle de Jour - Beauty of the Day by Luis Buñuel. Boiler most successful novel is Le Lion ( Patricia and the Lion ) in 1958, which has since been repeatedly established as a children's classic.

Boiler died on 23 July 1979 in Avernes (Val -d'Oise ), and was buried in the Montparnasse cemetery in Paris.

Works

Biographies

  • Mary de Cork. Gallimard, Paris, 1925.
  • Stavisky. L' homme que j'ai connu. Gallimard, Paris, 1934.
  • Mermoz. A biography ( " Mermoz "). Schwarzwald- Verlag, Freudenstadt 1948.
  • Medizinalrat Kersten. The man with the magic hands ( " Les Mains du miracle" ). Nymphenburg Verlagshandlung, Munich 1961.

Prose

  • The red steppe. Short stories ( " La steppe rouge" ). Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart, 1927.
  • L' equipage. Neuaufl. Gallimard, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-07-036864-5.
  • Vent de sable. Neuaufl. Gallimard, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-07-040345-9.
  • Rencontre au restaurant. Artisans Édition, Paris 1925.
  • The blind rulers. A novel by Rasputin ( " Les Rois aveugles "). Hoffmann Verlag, Stuttgart, 1926.
  • Mémoires d'un commissaire du peuple. Contes et nouvelles. Newuauflage, Gallimard, Paris, 1992, ISBN 2-07-071343-1.
  • Le triplace. Lessage Edition, Paris, 1926.
  • Moisson d'octobre. La Cité des Livres, Paris 1926.
  • The prisoners. Roman ( " Les Captifs "). Piper, Munich, 1930 ( trans. by Paul Alverdes ).
  • Le thé du Capitaine Sogoub. Nouvelle. Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1926 ( illustrated by Natalia Goncharova Sergejewna ).
  • From midnight. Roman ( " Nuits de princes" ). Knaur, Berlin 1929.
  • La Rage au Ventre. EOS, Paris 1927.
  • La Coupe fêlée. Un drôle de Noël. Lemarget Éditions, Paris 1927.
  • De la rue de Rome au chemin de Paradis. Les Editions du Cadran, Paris 1931.
  • La Femme de maison ou au Désert Mariette. Simon Kra, Paris 1928 ( Femmes; 3).
  • Dames de Californie. Neuaufl. Gallimard, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-07-040023-9.
  • La Belle de jour, the beauty of the day. Roman ( " Belle de jour "). Neuausg. Heyne, München 1984, ISBN 3-453-01936-9 (former title Belladonna ).
  • Les nuits de Sibérie. Flammarion, Paris 1928.
  • La regle de l' homme. Gallimard, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-07-038180-3.
  • Nouveaux contes. Editions des Cahiers Libres, Paris 1928 ( Content: Le toscin de pâques Le typhique Un tour du diable Le commissaire de la mort La loi des montagnes. .. . ).
  • Secrets parisiens. Éditions the Cahiers Libres, Paris 1928.
  • Le Coup de grâce. Novel. Plon, Paris, 1975, ISBN 2-253-01039-1.
  • Fortune carrée. Novel. Pocket Édition, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-266-12880-9.
  • Wagon - lit. Gallimard, Paris 1993, ISBN 2-07-038035-1.
  • Les Nuits Cruelles. Les Éditions de France, Paris, 1932.
  • The pure heart. Short stories ( " Les Cœurs purs "). Piper, Munich, 1931.
  • Les Enfants de la chance. Novel. Gallimard, Paris, 1991, ISBN 2-07-023568-8.
  • Le repos de l' équipage. Novel. Gallimard, Paris, 1949.
  • The walker of Sans Souci. A life full of love (" La Passante du Sans Souci "). Heyne, München 1982, ISBN 3-453-01532-0.
  • La Rose de Java. Novel. Gallimard, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-07-036174-8.
  • L' Armée des ombres. Novel. Plon, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-259-02294-4.
  • Les Maudru. Sequana Julliard, Paris, 1945.
  • Le battalion du Ciel. Gallimard, Paris 1975.
  • Fountain of the Fates. Roman ( " Le Tour du malheur ", former title La Fontaine Médicis ). Universitas -Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-8004 -1001- X (formerly called The Fountain of Medici ).
  • La Nagaika. Trois récits. Julliard, Paris, 1988, ISBN 2-264-01147-5 ( Contains:. Nagaika La La La femme du desert coupe fêlée. ).
  • Au Grand Socco. Novel. Gallimard, Paris, 1952.
  • The lovers of the Tajo. Roman ( " Les Amants du days "). Bastion Luebbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1981, ISBN 3-404-00128-1.
  • La Piste fauve. Gallimard, Paris 1974.
  • La Vallée des rubis. Gallimard, Paris 1994, ISBN 2-07-038846-8.
  • Témoin parmi les hommes. Pocket Édition, Paris 1973
  • Patricia and the lion. Roman ( " Le Lion "). Desch Verlag, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-420-04724- X.
  • Pour l' honneur. 2nd edition Plon, Paris 1974, ISBN 2-253-00789-7.
  • The steppe horsemen. Roman ( " Les Chevaliers "). Moewig Verlag, Rastatt 1981, ISBN 3-8118-2173-3.
  • Des hommes. Gallimard, Paris 1972.
  • Le Petit Âne blanc. 2nd edition, Gallimard, Paris, 1985, ISBN 2-07-033216-0.
  • Les Temps sauvages. Gallimard, Paris 1978, ISBN 2-07-037072-0.

Non-fiction

  • Au camp of vaincus, ou la Critique du 11 mai. Gallimard, Paris 1924 ( along with Georges Suarez).
  • Red hot land, the land of promise. Israel 1924, 1948, 1961 ( " Terre d' amour "). Desch Verlag, Munich 1966.
  • Les fils de l'impossible. En Syrie. Édition Bourgeois, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-264-01475- X.
  • Bas- fonds. Éditions the Portiques, Paris 1932.
  • Nuits de suivi de Montmartre " Bas- fond de Berlin". édition Bourgois, Paris, 1990, ISBN 2-264-01474-1.
  • Marchés d' esclaves. Union Générale, Paris 1984, ISBN 2-264-00593-9.
  • Hollywood, ville mirage. Édition Ramsay, Paris, 1989, ISBN 2-85956-775-5 ( Nachdr d ed Paris 1937).
  • Comment est mort le maréchal Pétain. France Forever Press, Paris, 1942.
  • Le des enfants perdus Procès. Julliard, Paris, 1951 ( Claude Panconi, Bernard Petit ).
  • Hong Kong et Macao. 2nd edition, Gallimard, Paris, 1964.
  • Inde, péninsule des dieux. Hachette, Paris 1960.
  • Witness in an unholy time. Reports from three continents ( " Tous n'étaient pas des anges "). Desch Verlag, Munich 1964.
  • My beloved Israel ( " que j'aime Israël "). Publisher of the European Library, Bonn, 1967 ( together with Noël Calef ).
  • Un mur à Jérusalem. Premieres Éditions, Paris, 1968 ( based on the film by Frédéric Rossif ).

Screenplays

Films

  • Vladimir Strichewsky (director): Volga Boatmen ( " Les bateliers de la Volga "). In 1936.
  • Bernhadt Curtis (director): Sirocco - Between Cairo and Damascus ( " Sirocco "). In 1951.
  • Henri Verneuil (director): Nights in Lisbon ( " Les amants du days "). In 1954.
  • Jack Cardiff (director): Patricia and the Lion ( after boiler novel ). In 1962.
  • Luis Buñuel (director): Belle de Jour - Beauty of the Day ( free after boiler novel ). In 1967.
  • Jean -Pierre Melville (director): Army of Shadows ( " L' armée des ombres "). In 1969.
  • John Frankenheimer (director): The Steppe Rider ( " The Steppe Rider "). In 1970.
  • Jacques Ruffio (director): The walker of Sans Souci (after boiler novel ). In 1982.
  • Jean -Daniel Verhaeghe (director): The Law of the Desert ( " La regle de l' homme "). In 1993.
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