Pierre Loti

Pierre Loti (born Jan. 14, 1850, Rochefort, Fr.—died June 10, 1923, Hendaye) was a novelist whose exoticism made him popular in his time and whose themes anticipated some of the central preoccupations of French literature between World Wars. Loti’s career as a naval officer took him to the Middle and Far East, thus providing him with the exotic settings of his novels and reminiscences. Following his naval schooling and training, he was promoted ship’s lieutenant...