Ambroise Yxemerry

Jean Raymond Jacquette[1] (28 September 1917 – 16 February 2013), better known by the pen names of Ambroise Yxemerry and Raymond Jacquet,[2][3] was a French Polynesian editor and journalist. Under his pseudonym, Jacquette wrote novels and reported for the Courrier des EFO, the first independent newspaper in French Polynesia, which he founded in 1949.[2] Jacquette was born in Paris in September 1917, and died in Coutances in February 2013 at the age of 95.[4]

Works

Novels
  • Marins en campagne, Paris: Debresse, 1941
  • Services à la mer, Paris: Debresse, 1941
  • Kerfantan la Breton, Paris: Debresse, 1943
  • La terre des Gendru, Paris: Colbert, 1944
  • On ne choisit pas sa vie, Paris: La Renaissance du Livre, 1946
  • Zidzou matelot malgache, Paris: Ariane, 1946
  • L'Ange et la Femme, Paris: La Renaissance du Livre, 1946

References
  1. WorldCat: Yxemerry, Ambroise
  2. Ambroise Yxemerry (in French) Île en île, retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. Yxemerry : Un Visionnaire Entre Terre et Mer Archived 2009-01-07 at the Wayback Machine (in French) Lehman College, retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. MatchID: JACQUETTE, Jean Raymond


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