author
Edmond Jaloux
1878–1949
A graceful French novelist and critic, he wrote with a strong feel for Paris and Provence while championing European literature beyond France. Elected to the Académie française, he became one of the notable literary voices of his generation.
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L'Escalier d'Or
by Edmond Jaloux
L'âge d'or
by Edmond Jaloux
About the author
Born in Marseille on June 19, 1878, Edmond Jaloux was a French novelist, essayist, and literary critic. He was especially associated with settings in Paris and his native Provence, and his criticism showed a wide curiosity about other traditions, including German Romanticism and English literature.
Jaloux built a reputation not only through his fiction but also through his work as a critic in major French literary publications. His standing in French letters was confirmed in 1936, when he was elected to the Académie française.
He died in Lutry, Switzerland, on August 22, 1949. Today he is remembered as a prolific and elegant man of letters whose career moved easily between the novel, the essay, and literary criticism.