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Maurice Constantin-Weyer
Maurice Constantin-Weyer (24 April 1881, Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne – 22 October 1964, Vichy, Allier) was a French writer. His best known novel is "Un homme se penche sur son passé", Prix Goncourt 1928 (tr  "A Man Scans His Past", 1929).
Biography.
A novelist, biographer and essayist, Constantin lived ten years in Canada (Manitoba) between 1904 and 1914 and this adventurous period fed a
wounded and decorated (Verdun – Salonique...). After the war he became a journalist and published novels and biographies in France.
His original last name was only "Constantin"; he added the name of his second wife in 1920 and signed all his works Maurice Constantin-Weyer.
Bibliography.
For complete list see .
English translations :
- "A Man Scans His Past",1929 ("Un homme se penche sur son passé, 1928)
- "The Half Breed" /"A Martyr's Folly