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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,[1] Alfonso Reyes, Roberto Bolaño[2] and Patricio Pron. He has been called a "precursor of Surrealism".[3] 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.
- ^ Schwob, Marcel (1982). The King in the Golden Mask and other writings. Translated by White, Iain. Manchester: Carcanet New Press Limited.
- ^ "A Constellation of Isolated Flashes -". 24 April 2013.
- ^ Franklin Rosemont, "Jacques Vaché and the Roots of Surrealism: Including Vache's War Letters and other Writings", Chicago: Charles H. Kerr, 2007. p. 13