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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Roger Vercel (born Roger Cretin) (8 January 1894 Le Mans 26 February 1957 Dinan) was a French writer.He was fascinated by the sea and marine life (and although it has virtually never been to sea itself, most of his novels place in a maritime setting).The World War I interrupted his studies of letters. Early in the war because of his poor eyesight, he was a stretcher-bearer on the battlefields of northern and eastern France. Because of the lack of army officers, he was prompted to return to Saint-Cyr. He ended the war on the eastern front, and was discharged a year after the Armistice.He then rejoined Dinan, where he was appointed in 1921, professor at the College of Letters. He supported a doctorate in letters in 1927, with a thesis whose subject is: "The images in the work of Corneille". The Académie française awards it the Saintour prize of literary history. Dinan extinguished it in 1957.
