Marcel Allain

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Marcel Allain
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Born
Marcel Allain

(1885-09-15)15 September 1885
Died25 August 1969(1969-08-25) (aged 83)

Marcel Allain (15 September 1885 – 25 August 1969) was a French writer mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Pierre Souvestre of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas.

Career[]

The son of a Parisian bourgeois family, Allain studied law before becoming a journalist. He then became the assistant of Souvestre, who was already a well-known figure in literary circles. In 1909, the two men published their first novel, Le Rour. Investigating Magistrate Germain Fuselier, later to become a recurring character in the Fantômas series, appears in the novel.

Then, in February 1911, Allain and Souvestre embarked upon the Fantômas book series at the request of publisher , who wanted to create a new monthly pulp magazine. The success was immediate and lasting.

After Souvestre’s death in February 1914, Allain continued the Fantômas saga alone, then launched several other series, such as , , and , but none garnered the same popularity as Fantômas.[1] In total, Allain wrote more than 400 novels in his prolific career.

On 27 September 1926, Allain married Souvestre’s girl-friend, Henriette Kistler. She died in 1956.

Other work by Allain and Souvestre[]

  • Le Rour (1908)

Bibliography of the Fantômas books[]

By Allain and Souvestre[]

1911
  • 1. Fantômas (1911; transl. 1915; retransl. 1986)[2]
  • 2. Juve contre Fantômas (1911; transl. 1916; retransl. 1987)[3]
  • 3. Le Mort qui Tue (1911; transl. 1917)[4]
  • 4. L'Agent Secret (1911; transl. 1917)[5]
  • 5. Un Roi Prisonnier de Fantômas (1911; transl. 1919)[6]
  • 6. Le Policier Apache (1911; transl. 1924)
  • 7. Le Pendu de Londres (1911; transl. 1920)
  • 8. La Fille de Fantômas (1911; transl. 2006) (ISBN 1932983562)
  • 9. Le Fiacre de Nuit (1911)
  • 10. La Main Coupée (1911; transl. 1924)
1912
  • 11. L'Arrestation de Fantômas (1912)
  • 13. La Livrée du Crime (1912)
  • 14. La Mort de Juve (1912)
  • 15. L'Evadée de Saint-Lazare (1912)
  • 16. La Disparition de Fandor (1912)
  • 17. Le Mariage de Fantômas (1912)
  • 18. L'Assassin de Lady Beltham (1912)
  • 19. La Guêpe Rouge (1912)
  • 20. Les Souliers du Mort (1912)
  • 21. Le Train Perdu (1912)
  • 22. Les Amours d'un Prince (1912)
  • 23. Le Bouquet Tragique (1912)
1913
  • 24. Le Jockey Masqué (1913)
  • 25. Le Cercueil Vide (1913)
  • 26. Le Faiseur de Reines (1913)
  • 27. Le Cadavre Géant (1913)
  • 28. Le Voleur d'Or (1913)
  • 29. La Série Rouge (1913)
  • 30. L'Hôtel du Crime (1913)
  • 31. La Cravate de Chanvre (1913)
  • 32. La Fin de Fantômas (1913)

By Allain alone[]

  • 33. Fantômas est-il ressuscité? (1925; transl. 1925)
  • 34. Fantômas, Roi des Recéleurs (1926; transl. 1926)
  • 35. Fantômas en Danger (1926; transl. 1926)
  • 36. Fantômas prend sa Revanche (1926; transl. 1927)
  • 37. Fantômas Attaque Fandor (1926; transl. 1928)
  • 38. Si c'était Fantômas? (1933)
  • 39. Oui, c'est Fantômas! (1934)
  • 40. Fantômas Joue et Gagne (1935)
  • 41. Fantômas Rencontre l'Amour (1946)
  • 42. Fantômas Vole des Blondes (1948)
  • 43. Fantômas Mène le Bal (1963)

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/marcelallain.htm
  2. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27794
  3. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30586
  4. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28333
  5. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29029
  6. ^ https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27789

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