Marcel Sauvage (26 October 1895,

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– 4 June 1988, Peymeinade) was a French

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and

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Biography

Marcel Sauvage was born in the 4th arrondissement of

. He fought in

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, but was discharged after being seriously wounded. In 1920, under the influence of Max Jacob, he used his demobilisation bonus to found the magazine ''Action'' together with Florent Fels. As a writer, he published essays (''Au rythme des idées'', 1918), poetry (''Quelques choses'', 1919; ''Voyage en Autobus'', 1921; ''Le Chirurgien des Roses'', 1922; ''Cicatrices'', 1923) and short stories (''Le Premier Homme que j'ai tué'', 1929). During the 1930's, he had several novels published by

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. In May 1922, Sauvage attended the International Congress of Progressive Artists and signed the "Founding Proclamation of the Union of Progressive International Artists". From 1927, he was a member of the jury of the

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. In 1949, he became known as the

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of the memoirs of

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. Sauvage died in Peymeinade in 1988, aged 92.

Family

He was married to the novelist Paule Malardot, with whom he had one son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sauvage, Marcel 1895 births 1988 deaths Writers from Paris 20th-century French non-fiction writers