(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mail Service)
Joseph Kessel was awarded the prix de Roma of the French Academy for his novel “Les Coeurs Purs.”
M. Kessel was born in the Argentine and is now twenty-eight years of age. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and at Paris University. During the war he served as a flying officer in the French army. He published his first book, “La Steppe Rouge,” in 1922.
Among his other works are “L’Equipage,” “Les Captifs,” “Les Rois Aveugles” and many articles in various periodicals. M. Kessel has made two visits to Palestine.
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