Dekobra, Maurice
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Pseudonym of French author Ernest-Maurice Tessier (1885-1973), most famous for his thriller, La Madone des sleepings (1925; trans Neal Wainwright as The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars 1927); of his sf, which forms a small part of his large output, Météore 101 ([date not established]; trans Metcalfe Wood as Death Requests the Pleasure 1940) depicts Near Future chaos as Meteor 101 approaches Earth. [JC]
Ernest-Maurice Tessier
born Paris: 28 May 1885
died Paris: June 1973
works
- Hamydal le Philosophe (Paris: Baudinière, 1927) [binding unknown/]
- Hamydal, the Vagabond Philosopher (London: T Werner Laurie, 1937) [trans of the above: hb/]
- Météore 101 [edition not yet identified: binding unknown/]
- Death Requests the Pleasure (London: T Werner Laurie, 1940) [trans by Metcalfe Wood of the above: hb/]
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