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Marcel Schwob

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Marcel Schwob

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French writer (1867–1905)

Person · Open Library

Works
63

Top works

  • Porte des Rêves
  • Vies Imaginaires
  • Mineral resources development in the lower Mekong basin
  • Crowd
  • San Julián

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Switzerland
Active from
1988

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
7
Total plays
14

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Encyclopedic overview

Marcel Schwob (1900s)

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. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism". In addition to over a hundred short stories, he wrote journalistic articles, essays, biographies, literary reviews and analysis, translations and plays. He was extremely well known and respected during his life and notably befriended a great number of intellectuals and artists of the time.

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