Paul-Jacques Bonzon (31 August 1908 – 24 September 1978) was a French writer, best known for the series '' Les six compagnons'' ("Six companions"). He was born in

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and educated in

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and moved to this department, where he worked as a school teacher and later principal for twenty-five years. He died in Valence in 1978

Publications

* ''Mamadi ou le petit roi d'ébène'' * ''Le petit passeur du lac'' * ''Du gui pour Christmas'' * ''The orphans of Simitra'' / ''Les orphelins de Simitra''. Adapted by

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into the

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series '' Porphy no Nagai Tabi''. * ''Le cheval de verre'' * ''Soleil de mon Espagne'' * ''La promesse de Primerose'' * ''Un secret dans la nuit polaire'' * ''The gold cross of Santa Anna'' / ''La croix d'or de Santa-Anna'' * ' * ''La disparue de Montélimar'' * ''Mon Vercors en feu'' * ''Le voyageur sans visage'' * ''La ballerine de Majorque'' * ''L'Éventail de Séville''

References

20th-century French non-fiction writers 20th-century French male writers French children's writers 1908 births Writers from Manche 1978 deaths {{France-writer-stub