About Émile Pouvillon
Lived 1840 – 1906 (aged 65). Émile Pouvillon was a French writer.
Émile Pouvillon (1840 in Montauban1906 in Chambéry) was a French novelist.
He published a collection of stories entitled Nouvelles réalistes in 1878. Making himself the chronicler of his native province of Quercy in southwestern France, he described its scenery and its life. His rustic novels were in the same vein as those of Jean de Noarrieu and André Theuriet. His L'Innocent (1884) was dedicated to his friend Pierre Loti (the pseudonym of the French naval lieutenant Julien Viaud), later author of Madame Chrysanthème (1887).
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Who was Émile Pouvillon?
French writer
When was Émile Pouvillon born?
Émile Pouvillon was born on 10 October 1840 in Montauban.
When did Émile Pouvillon die?
Émile Pouvillon died on 6 October 1906 in Jacob-Bellecombette.
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Émile Pouvillon was a writer.
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Émile Pouvillon was French.
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