He was the author of three novels, four poetry collections, three plays and five non-fiction books about Provençal culture.

Émile Ripert was born on 19 November 1882 in La Ciotat near Marseille in Provence.

[1] He was appointed as the first-ever Chair of Provençal Language and Literature at Aix-Marseille University in Aix-en-Provence in 1920.

[4] Moreover, Ripert was part of an official delegation to Fascist Italy alongside Jean Rivain, Philippe de Zara, Rémy Roux and Marius Jouveau.

[1] His father-in-law, Dr Evariste Gras, served as the mayor of La Ciotat.