| Hippolyte Piroux | |
|---|---|
 Piroux in 1979 | |
| Born | (1929-11-08)8 November 1929 Polliat, France |
| Died | 2 November 2024(2024-11-02) (aged 94) Viriat, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Farmer Writer |
Hippolyte Piroux (8 November 1929 – 2 November 2024) was a French farmer and writer.
Biography
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. After his retirement, he became a writer, publishing Les Prunes vertes. In 2011, he followed up with Le parler franco-provençal, a book on the Bressan dialect. In 2014, he published his first detective novel L'Affaire Reyssouzet-Machard. In 2017, he made his first appearance in the literary dictionary at the University of Tours.
Piroux died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 94.
References
- "Monsieur Hippolyte PIROUX". Libra Memoria (in French).
- "Historique de Polliat". Polliat (in French). Archived from the original on 22 June 2021.
- Piroux, Hippolyte (2009). Les prunes vertes (in French). Polliat: H. Piroux. ISBN 978-2-9533719-0-1.
- Piroux, Hippolyte (2011). Le parler franco-provençal: Patois bressan des localités situées à l'ouest de Bourg-en-Bresse (in French). Association Radio Tropiques.
- "Hippolyte Piroux fait revivre la langue du patois". Le Progrès (in French). Saint-Denis-lès-Bourg. 17 November 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- Robert, Amandine (28 September 2014). "« L'Affaire Reyssouzet-Machard » : l'auteur Hippolyte Piroux frappe fort". Le Progrès (in French). Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- "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.
- "Adieu à Hippolyte Piroux". Le Progrès (in French). Polliat. 11 November 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.