Pierre Mille

Born in Choisy-le-Roi in 1864 and later based in Paris, Pierre Mille was a French author whose career ranged across journalism, essays, and fiction. Library and authority records identify him as a journalist, essayist, and novelist, and his dates are generally given as November 27, 1864, to January 12, 1941.

Mille is remembered as a writer who moved easily between literary and journalistic forms. That mix gave his books an observant, worldly feel, shaped by reporting as much as by storytelling.

Today he is mainly of interest to readers curious about French literature of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, especially writing connected to travel and the cultural outlook of that era.