Romain Roussel (1898 in Le Teil, Ardèche – 1973) was a 20th-century French writer, laureate of the Prix Interallié in 1937.

At the age of seven, he arrived with his parents in Franche-Comté, where he spent all his life. Several of his novels are devoted to his adopted region. He died in 1973.

Some works

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  • 1937: La Vallée sans printempsPrix Interallié.
  • 1944: L'Herbe d'avril.
  • 1946: La Tête à l'envers.
  • 1947: Dieu est passé la nuit, nouvelles.
  • 1947: Les Chemins des cercles.

Bibliography

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  • Velay, Serge; Boissard, Michel; Bernié-Boissard, Catherine (2009). Petit dictionnaire des écrivains du Gard (in French). Nîmes: Alcide. pp. 217–218.
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