Biography

Roger Vercel was born on January 8, 1894 in Le Mans, France. He was a writer, known for Stormy Waters (1941), Le grand pavois (1954) and Les eaux troubles (1949). He died on February 26, 1957 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.

Professor of literature, he won the Goncourt prize in 1934 for Capitaine Conan which was inspired by him being officer in WWI in that Armée d'Orient.