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1843–1933
A French journalist and traveler, he turned long voyages and far-off places into lively firsthand writing. His books carry the curiosity and movement of the late nineteenth century, from sea travel to reports on North Africa and beyond.
by Gaston Lemay
Born in Paris on November 11, 1843, Gaston Lemay was a French writer best known as a journalist and traveler. Library and authority records identify him as an author, and French reference sources describe him as a journalist whose life and work were closely tied to travel.
His surviving bibliography suggests a taste for vivid, on-the-ground observation. Works associated with him include À bord de "la Junon", a travel narrative, along with writing on Tripoli and the wider Tripolitania region. Those titles point to the kind of nonfiction he is remembered for: travel writing shaped by reportage.
Lemay died in Paris in June 1933. A public-domain listing of his works has helped keep his writing accessible to modern readers, especially those interested in nineteenth-century journeys and the mix of journalism and adventure that defined much travel literature of his era.