Joseph Kessel

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Joseph Kessel, 1948

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

Live and act

Origin and childhood

Joseph Kessel came from Russian-Jewish parents. His younger brother Lazare Kessel (1899-1920) was the biological father of the writer Maurice Druon (1918-2009). Kessel's father, a doctor, had emigrated from Russia and was trying to start a new life in Argentina. However, he later returned to Russia and finally lived in France from 1908. Kessel experienced an eventful youth in the pampas, attended schools in Montlhéry , Orenburg (Ural), Nice and finally in Paris ( Lycée Louis-le-Grand ).

Military activity in the world wars

In 1916 he volunteered for the French Air Force, which was under construction, and was awarded the Military Medal and the War Cross 1914-18 . His book L'Equipage ( The Team , 1923) reflects the experiences at the front and is one of the first aviation novels. After France surrendered in 1940, he joined the Resistance .

Journalistic activity

His career began as a foreign correspondent . Kessel quickly earned the reputation of an adventurer who traveled almost the entire world. In his reports , but also in novels , he often dealt with aviation in addition to war topics. In 1926 he traveled to Palestine for the French daily Paris-Soir . He later reported as a journalist on the founding of Israel and the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem .

death

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

Kessel's literature

His preferred genre is the adventure novel , the most important representative of which is the novel about Henri de Monfreid Fortune Carrée . Despite the success of his books, Kessel never quite managed to gain recognition as a writer. His novels were too close to the entertainment literature, the travel reports to the report. When he was accepted into the Académie française in 1962, literary critics wrote that Kessel was “the first reporter under the dome of the immortals”. Many of his works have been filmed, such as B. Belle de Jour - Beauty of the day by Luis Buñuel and The stroller of Sans-Souci by Jacques Rouffio . Kessel's most successful novel is Le Lion ( Patricia and the Lion ) from 1958, which has been published as a classic children's book ever since. The film Sirocco - Between Cairo and Damascus is based on the historical circumstances of the Great Syrian Revolution in 1925.

Works

Biographies

  • Mary de Cork . Gallimard, Paris 1925.
  • Makhno et sa Juive . EOS, Paris 1926.
  • Stavisky . L'homme que j'ai connu . Gallimard, Paris 1934.
  • Mermoz . A biography ("Mermoz"). Schwarzwald-Verlag, Freudenstadt 1948.
  • Medical Council Kersten . The man with the magic hands ("Les Mains du miracle"). Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, Munich 1961.

prose

  • The red steppe. Novellas (“La Steppe rouge”). Verlag Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1927.
  • L'Équipage . New edition Gallimard, Paris 1990, ISBN 2-07-036864-5 .
  • Vent de sable . New edition Gallimard, Paris 1997, ISBN 2-07-040345-9 .
  • Rencontre au restaurant . Édition Artisans, Paris 1925.
  • The blind rulers. A novel about Rasputin ("Les Rois aveugles"). Verlag Hoffmann, Stuttgart 1926.
  • Mémoires d'un commissaire du peuple. Contes et nouvelles . New edition, Gallimard, Paris 1992, ISBN 2-07-071343-1 .
  • Le triplace . Edition Lessage, Paris 1926.
  • Moisson d'octobre . La Cité des livres, Paris 1926.
  • The prisoners. Roman ("Les Captifs"). Piper, Munich 1930 (translated by Paul Alverdes ).
  • Le thé du Capitaine Sogoub. Nouvelle . Au Sans Pareil, Paris 1926 (illustrated by Natalija Sergejewna Goncharova ).
  • From midnight. Roman ("Nuits de princes"). Knaur, Berlin 1929.
  • La Rage au Ventre . EOS, Paris 1927.
  • La Coupe fêlée. Un drôle de Noël . Éditions Lemarget, Paris 1927.
  • De la rue de Rome au chemin de Paradis . Les Editions du Cadran, Paris 1931.
  • La Femme de maison ou Mariette au désert . Simon Kra, Paris 1928 (Femmes; 3).
  • Dames de Californie . New edition Gallimard, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-07-040023-9 .
  • La Belle de jour, the beauty of the day. Roman ("Belle de jour"). New edition Heyne, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-453-01936-9 (former title Belladonna ).
  • Les nuits de Sibérie . Flammarion, Paris 1928.
  • La règle 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 des Cahiers Libres, Paris 1928.
  • Le coup de grace. Novel . Plon, Paris 1975, ISBN 2-253-01039-1 .
  • Fortune carrée. Novel . Edition Pocket, 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 hearts. Novellas ("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.
  • Une balle perdue . Gallimard, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-07-038787-8 .
  • The stroller from Sans-Souci . A life full of love (“La Passante du Sans-Souci”). Heyne, Munich 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 . Julliard-Séquana, Paris 1945.
  • Le Bataillon du Ciel . Gallimard, Paris 1975.
  • Fountain of the Parzen. Roman ("Le Tour du malheur", formerly La Fontaine Médicis ). Universitas-Verlag, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-8004-1001-X (former title The Medici Fountain ).
  • La Nagaïka. Trois récits . Julliard, Paris 1988, ISBN 2-264-01147-5 (content: La nagaïka . La femme du désert . La coupe fêlée ).
  • Au Grand Socco. Novel . Gallimard, Paris 1952.
  • The lovers of the Tagus. Roman ("Les Amants du Tage"). Bastei Lübbe, 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 . Edition Pocket, Paris 1973
  1. Le Temps de l'espérance .
  2. Les Jours de l'aventure .
  3. L'Heure des châtiments .
  4. La Nouvelle season .
  5. Le Jeu du Roi .
  6. The instants de verite .

Non-fiction

  • Au camp des vaincus, ou la Critique du 11 may . Gallimard, Paris 1924 (together with Georges Suarez ).
  • Burning land, 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 Fund . Éditions des Portiques, Paris 1932.
  • Nuits de Montmartre suivi de “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 (reprint of the Paris 1937 edition).
  • Comment est mort le maréchal Pétain . France Forever Press, Paris 1942.
  • Le Procès des enfants perdus . Julliard, Paris 1951 ( Claude Panconi , Bernard Petit ).
  • Hong Kong and Macau . 2nd edition Gallimard, Paris 1964.
  • Inde, peninsule des dieux . Hachette, Paris 1960.
  • Witness in dire times. Reports from 3 continents (“Tous n'étaient pas des Anges”). Desch Verlag, Munich 1964.
  • My beloved Israel ("Israël que j'aime"). Verlag der Europäische Bücherei, Bonn 1967 (together with Noël Calef ).
  • Un mur à Jérusalem . Éditions Premières, Paris 1968 (based on the film of the same name by Frédéric Rossif ).

Scripts

Film adaptations

Awards

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documentary

  • Joseph Kessel - reporter, traveler, novelist. (OT: Kessel, un lion. ) Documentary, France, 2019, 52:30 min., Written and directed: Marie Brunet-Debaines, production: Camera Lucida Productions, INA , arte France, TV5 Monde , first broadcast: September 29, 2019 at arte, table of contents by ARD , online video available until November 27, 2019.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Joseph Kessel, journalist and writer. In: Munzinger Archive , August 13, 1979, only beginning of article.
  2. ↑ Alain Gresh: Journalists français en Palestine dans les années 1920. Joseph Kessel and Albert Londres au pays de la Bible. In: Orient XXI , January 10, 2018, (French).
  3. ↑ Died: Joseph Kessel . In: Der Spiegel . No. 31 1979 ( online - 30 July 1979 ).
  4. ^ Joseph Kessel • Short biography and list of works by the Académie française (French).
personal data
SURNAME Kessel, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French journalist, adventurer and novelist
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Entre Ríos , Argentina
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1979
Place of death Avernes , Val-d'Oise department , France