Joseph Jolinon (1885-1971) was a French writer. He was born in

La Clayette La Clayette () is a commune in the east-central French department of Saône-et-Loire. Geography La Clayette is situated in the southernmost part of Burgundy, north of the historical province of Beaujolais. It belongs to an area designated since ...

and studied law in

Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...

. He was mobilized in 1914, and served as a soldier throughout the First World War. Afterwards, he took up the law profession and settled in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. He became a professional writer in the 1920s. The author of more than two dozen books, he won the Grand prix du roman awarded by the

Académie française An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

in 1950 for his novel cycle ''Les Provinciaux''.Bio
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1885 births 1971 deaths People from Saône-et-Loire 20th-century French non-fiction writers Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française winners French male writers 20th-century French male writers {{France-novelist-19thC-stub