Émile Pouvillon (1840 in Montauban –1906 in Chambéry) was a French novelist. [1] [2]
He published a collection of stories entitled Nouvelles réalistes in 1878. Making himself the chronicler of his native province of Quercy in southwestern France, he described its scenery and its life. [3] His rustic novels were in the same vein as those of Jean de Noarrieu and André Theuriet. [4] His L'Innocent (1884) was dedicated to his friend Pierre Loti (the pseudonym of the French naval lieutenant Julien Viaud), later author of Madame Chrysanthème (1887). [5]
His books include: [3]