Hippolyte Piroux

Hippolyte Piroux 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.