author
Émile Zavie
1884–1943
A journalist, novelist, and traveler, Émile Zavie brought the color of distant places to French adventure fiction. Writing under the name Émile Boyer, he combined vivid journeys with literary criticism and a lively reporter’s eye.
4 Audiobooks
Chasseurs de nomades
by Émile Zavie
Les dieux de la tribu
by Émile Zavie
Sous les murs de Bagdad : roman
by Émile Zavie
About the author
Émile Zavie was the pen name of Émile Boyer, a French journalist and novelist born in Die, in the Drôme, in 1884. He joined the Havas news agency in 1908 and later remained connected with its successor, the Office français d’information. His work also appeared in Le Canard enchaîné, where he contributed from 1918 to 1919.
Travel and international affairs shaped much of his fiction. His books include D’Archangel au golfe Persique, Les beaux soirs de l’Iran, Chasseurs de nomades, La course aux rebelles, and Chaabane. He also wrote about literary history, coauthoring Le groupe de Médan with Léon Deffoux in 1920; the book received the Académie française’s Prix Bordin in 1921.
Zavie died in Paris in 1943. His writing remains notable for its blend of adventure, reportage, exotic settings, and attention to the inner lives of travelers and soldiers.