Jean Ballard (14 November 1893 – 18 June 1973) was a French poet, writer and editor.

Early life

Jean Ballard was born in

Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the ...

, France. He grew up in Marseille and passed his Baccalaureate, specialising in mathematics.

Career

Ballard began his writing career with '' Fortunio'', a literary review founded by author

Marcel Pagnol Marcel Paul Pagnol (, also ; ; 28 February 1895 – 18 April 1974) was a French novelist, playwright, and filmmaker. Regarded as an auteur, in 1946, he became the first filmmaker elected to the . Pagnol is generally regarded as one of France's ...

. He was the founder and editor of ''

Les Cahiers du Sud ''Les Cahiers du Sud'' (literally “''The Southern Notebooks''”) was a French literary journal published in Marseille. It was founded in 1914, as ''Fortunio'', by the teenage Marcel Pagnol, although publication ended a few months later at the ...

'' from 1925 to 1966.

Death and legacy

Ballard died in 1973 in his hometown of Marseille. He was 79 years old. The ''Cours Jean Ballard'' in the 1st arrondissement of Marseille was named in his honour.

References

1893 births 1973 deaths Writers from Marseille French poets French editors {{France-journalist-stub