Hippolyte Piroux (8 November 1929 – 2 November 2024) was a French farmer and writer.[1]

Hippolyte Piroux
Piroux in 1979
Born(1929-11-08)8 November 1929
Died2 November 2024(2024-11-02) (aged 94)
Viriat, France
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)Farmer
Writer

Biography

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Born in Polliat on 8 November 1929, Piroux grew up in a peasant family. After his schooling, he became a farmer and later an agricultural technician. He notably designed the coat of arms for Polliat in 1979.[2] After his retirement, he became a writer, publishing Les Prunes vertes.[3] In 2011, he followed up with Le parler franco-provençal, a book on the Bressan dialect.[4][5] In 2014, he published his first detective novel L'Affaire Reyssouzet-Machard.[6] In 2017, he made his first appearance in the literary dictionary at the University of Tours.[7]

Piroux died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 94.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Monsieur Hippolyte PIROUX". Libra Memoria (in French).
  2. ^ "Historique de Polliat". Polliat (in French). Archived from the original on 22 June 2021.
  3. ^ Piroux, Hippolyte (2009). Les prunes vertes (in French). Polliat: H. Piroux. ISBN 978-2-9533719-0-1.
  4. ^ Piroux, Hippolyte (2011). Le parler franco-provençal: Patois bressan des localités situées à l'ouest de Bourg-en-Bresse (in French). Association Radio Tropiques.
  5. ^ "Hippolyte Piroux fait revivre la langue du patois". Le Progrès (in French). Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  6. ^ Robert, Amandine (28 September 2014). "« L'Affaire Reyssouzet-Machard » : l'auteur Hippolyte Piroux frappe fort". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Hippolyte Piroux, auteur de Polliat, fait son entrée dans un dictionnaire d'écrivains". La Voix de l'Ain (in French). 4 January 2018. Archived from the original on 21 November 2022. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Adieu à Hippolyte Piroux". Le Progrès (in French). Polliat. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.