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Jean de La Véprie
Better known by the pen name Jean de La Hire, this prolific French writer moved easily between adventure, science fiction, and popular fiction. He is still remembered for fast-paced storytelling and for helping shape early French pulp literature.
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Les proverbes communs
by Jean de La Véprie
About the author
Born Adolphe d'Espie in Banyuls-sur-Mer in 1878, he published under the name Jean de La Hire and became a notably prolific French novelist, editor, and public figure. His work ranged across popular fiction, with adventure and speculative stories among the books that kept his name in circulation.
He is especially associated with the character Nyctalope, an early hero of French science fiction and adventure writing. That long-running interest in bold plots, strange inventions, and serial storytelling helped make his fiction stand out to generations of readers.
Jean de La Hire died in Nice in 1956. While parts of his life remain controversial, his place in the history of French popular literature is secure, particularly for readers interested in the roots of modern pulp and science fiction.