Author
Pierre Loti
French writer (1850-1923)
Their life
Louis Marie-Julien Viaud was born on 14 January 1850. He wrote under the pseudonym Pierre Loti, the name by which he became known.
Loti was a French naval officer and a novelist. He is known for his exotic novels and short stories, which drew on the distant places he encountered in his naval career.
Loti died on 10 June 1923, at the age of 73.
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