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Pol (Pol Louis) Neveux
1865–1939
A French novelist, critic, and librarian, he moved easily between public literary life and the quiet world of books. He is especially remembered for his fiction and for the role he played in France’s library and literary institutions in the early 20th century.
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Golo : roman
by Pol (Pol Louis) Neveux
About the author
Born in Reims on August 25, 1865, and dead in Garches in 1939, Pol Neveux was a French writer whose work ranged across novels, criticism, and literary essays. He is often listed as both an author and a librarian, which fits the shape of his career: he was deeply involved not only in writing books, but also in the care and circulation of literature itself.
Alongside his literary work, he served in the French library system and became inspector general of libraries. That public role gave him a respected place in French cultural life, and he was also a member of the Académie Goncourt, linking him directly to one of France’s most famous literary circles.
Today, he is remembered as one of those figures who helped sustain literary culture from several directions at once — by writing, by judging and discussing books, and by supporting the institutions that preserved them. For listeners discovering older French literature, his life offers an appealing mix of creative work and devotion to the world of reading.