Marcel Schwob
French writer
Died when: 37 years 173 days (449 months)Star Sign: Virgo
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.
Related People
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License