Joseph Kessel (born on February 10, 1898 in Clara, Entre Ríos, Argentina, died on July 23 1979 in Avernes, Val-d'Oise, France) was a French journalist and novelist. He was born in Argentina because of the constant journeys of his father, a Lithuanian doctor of Jewish origin. Joseph 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. Wikipedia
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Mais la fin de cette mme anne, Joseph Kessel choisissait de prendre part aux combats, et senrlait comme engag volontaire, dabord dans lartillerie, puis dans laviation, o il allait servir au sein de lescadrilles S.39. www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fic...
