Hippolyte Piroux

Hippolyte Piroux (8 November 1929 – 2 November 2024) was a French farmer and writer.^[1]

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

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.^[2] After his retirement, he became a writer, publishing Les Prunes vertes.^[3] In 2011, he followed up with Le parler franco-provençal, a book on the Bressan dialect.^[4][5] In 2014, he published his first detective novel L'Affaire Reyssouzet-Machard.^[6] In 2017, he made his first appearance in the literary dictionary at the University of Tours.^[7]

Piroux died on 2 November 2024, at the age of 94.^[8]