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Jacques Roujon
b. 1884
A French journalist, writer, and historian, this early-20th-century man of letters moved between literary biography, war writing, and political journalism. His career reflects both the richness of French intellectual life and some of its darkest controversies.
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Battles & Bivouacs: A French soldier's note-book
by Jacques Roujon
About the author
Born in Paris on October 30, 1884, Jacques Roujon became known as a French journalist, writer, and historian. Library and reference records identify him as Jacques Joseph François Roujon and list works including literary and historical studies, while major biographical sources describe him as active in French letters across much of the twentieth century.
He wrote in several genres, including biography and memoir. His published work includes studies such as Le duc de Saint-Simon, and he is also associated with a First World War account, Carnet de route, drawn from his experience after mobilization in 1914.
Roujon also held senior editorial roles at several newspapers. Sources note that he was connected with Le Nouveau Siècle and L'Ami du peuple, and later directed Le Petit Parisien during the Occupation, a part of his career that makes his public record historically significant as well as controversial. He died in Randan, in the Puy-de-Dôme, on September 22, 1971.