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Maurice Dekobra
Maurice Dekobra (May 26, 1885 Paris – June 1, 1973 Paris) was a French writer. His real name was Maurice Tessier. Seen as a subversive writer in the 1920s and 1930s, he became one of the best-known French writers between the First and the Second World Wars. His books have been translated into 77 languages. In spite of this, he has now been declared a "total unknown".
Biography.
At the age of 19, he started his career as
(1954)
References.
- Davis, Robert Leslie "Maurice Dekobra: grand voyageur et romancier cosmopolite", PhD, Queen's University Belfast, 1970
- Philippe Collas "Maurice Dekobra: gentleman entre deux mondes", Paris, Seguier, 2001,