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Mayer André Marcel Schwob, known as Marcel Schwob (23 August 1867 – 26 February 1905), was a French symbolist writer best known for his short stories and his literary influence on authors such as Jorge Luis Borges, Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño and Patricio Pron.
Sep 15, 2015 · Marcel Schwob (1867-1905) was one of the key symbolist writers, standing in French literature alongside such names as Stephane Mallarme, Octave Mirbeau, Andre Gide, Leon Bloy, Jules Renard, Remy de Gourmont, and Alfred Jarry. His best-known works are Double Heart (1891), The King In The Gold Mask (1892), and Imaginary Lives (1896). Combine Editions
Marcel Schwob, Kit Schluter (Translator) 4.10. 1,339 ratings163 reviews. When Marcel Schwob published The Book of Monelle in French in 1894, it immediately became the unofficial bible of the French Symbolist movement, admired by such contemporaries as Stéphane Mallarmé, Alfred Jarry and André Gide.
Marcel Schwob has 173 books on Goodreads with 21602 ratings. Marcel Schwob’s most popular book is The Book of Monelle.
Imaginary Lives (original French title: Vies imaginaires) is a collection of twenty-two semi-biographical short stories by Marcel Schwob, first published in book form in 1896. Mixing known and fantastical elements, it was one of the first works in the genre of biographical fiction.
Mayer André Marcel Schwob, born on August 23, 1867 in Chaville, Hauts-de-Seine, France, was a short story writer, essayist, and playwright from the French Symbolist movement.
Beginning in 1890, Schwob worked with Auguste Longnon at the Archives Nationales, further researching Villon. He also began contributing articles, contes, and editorials to Le Phare and L’Echo de Paris (Société Marcel Schwob). Schwob published his first collection of contes in Coeur double (1891).
A secret influence on generations of writers, from Guillaume Apollinaire and Jorge Luis Borges to Roberto Bolaño, Marcel Schwob (1867-1905) was as versed in the street slang of medieval thieves...
Marcel Schwob (1867–1905) was a scholar of startling breadth and an incomparable storyteller. A secret influence on generations of writers, from Guillaume.
Marcel Schwob (1867–1905) was a scholar of startling breadth and an incomparable storyteller. A secret influence on generations of writers, from Guillaume Apollinaire and Jorge Luis Borges to Roberto Bolaño, Schwob was as versed in the street slang of medieval thieves as he was in the poetry of Walt Whitman.
