Marcel Schneider

Marcel Schneider 11 August 1913 22 January 2009 was a French writer laureate of numerous literary awards Schneider was born in a family of Alsatian origin who chose France after 1871 An agrégé es letters he taught in Rouen Jean Lecanuet was among his students before devoting himself entirely to literature and music He came to live in Paris and became a member of the publishing house Grasset Both as a writer and as a historian of literature he was an adept of fantastic literature He recognized three masters in the fantastic field Charles Nodier Gérard de Nerval and Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann A very good connoisseur of music he published works on Schubert and Wagner and traced the history of the ballet since Louis XIV A sympathizer of the Action française he was close to writers as different as André Gide Georges Dumézil and Paul Morand who bequeathed him his wardrobe He also attended literary salons including those of MarieLaure de Noailles Solange de La Baume Josette Day and Florence Gould In the 1980s he regularly wrote in Le Quotidien de Paris Groupe Quotidien founded and directed by Philippe Tesson He was close to friends such as Jacques Brenner Henri Sauguet and Matthieu Galey and used to publish in Brenners Les Cahiers des Saison 19531962 Schneider was awarded the 1996 prix de la langue française He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery 45th division Source Article Marcel Schneider writer from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30