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Pierre Souvestre (1 June 1874 – 26 February 1914) was a French lawyer, journalist, writer and organizer of motor races. He is mostly remembered today for his co-creation with Marcel Allain of the fictional arch-villain and master criminal Fantômas.
Pierre Souvestre, né le 1 er juin 1874 au château de Keraval en Plomelin ( Finistère ), mort le 25 février 1914 dans le 18e arrondissement de Paris 1, est un avocat, journaliste et écrivain français, connu pour avoir créé, avec Marcel Allain, Fantômas, le génie du mal par excellence, en 1911.
Fantômas (French:) is a fictional character created by French writers Marcel Allain (1885–1969) and Pierre Souvestre (1874–1914).
Feb 17, 2014 · But the author team of Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain wrote twenty Fantômas novels, alternating chapters between them and taking one month for each. One month. Literally: the first appeared...
Pierre Souvestre was a disinguished journalist and novelist when he and his secretary / writing partner, Marcel Allain, created Fantômas in 1910, being contracted by publisher Fayard to write a novel a month for two years. Souvestre died in 1914, from pneumonia.
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Pierre Souvestre. P S. About the Author. After Fantômas was published in 1911 to wild popularity and success, Pierre Souvestre, an already well-known journalist and novelist, and Marcel Allain, his secretary and writing partner, went on to publish twenty sequels to the original.
Pierre Souvestre has 107 books on Goodreads with 9007 ratings. Pierre Souvestre’s most popular book is The Fantômas MEGAPACK®.
