Marcel Allain

Pascal Marie Edouard Marcel Allain born it (September 15th 1885 with Paris - died the August 25th 1969 with Andrésy) was a writer French.

Initially secretary of Pierre Souvestre, it cosigne in particular with him Fantômas in 1911, and will continue the series after the death of his joint author, as well as the series Naz-in-the air.

He also wrote more than 400 other works concerned with all the kinds of the popular Roman (Romance sentimental, Detective novel, Roman of adventures, Anticipation,…).

It is interested in the cinema, the cartoons, the new techniques of which the car which it fascine.
He marries, the September 27th 1926 Henriette Kistler, the partner of Pierre Souvestre.

bibliography (partial)

Critical bibliography

  • the Tower of Fire N°87-88, " Fantômas? it is Marcel Allain" , December 1965.
  • " Confession of Marcel ALLAIN, follow-up of a débat" in Christmas Arnaud, Jean Tortel, Francis Lacassin (to dir.), Talks on the paralittérature , Plon, 1970.
  • Francis Lacassin, " Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain or Eneïde of times modernes" , Foreword with Rour , UGE 10/18, 1974, taken again Page 5 to 52 in Fantômas , volume I, Books, Laffont, 1987/2006.
  • Philippe Ethuin, " Marcel Allain and geniuses of the crime in series (S) " , in Etienne Barillier, Many lives of Fantômas , Red collection Library, volume 4, Sheep electric editor, 2006, ISBN 2-915793-24-7

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