Émile Magne


Émile Magne was a French writer, critic, historian of literature and art.

Biography

Born in Dax, Émile Magne attended the lycée of Bordeaux, then was a student at the Sorbonne. In 1898 he published a first study of documentation errors in the Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. He specialized in the history, mainly literary history, of the French 17th century.
A collaborator of the Mercure de France, he also published works on heritage and art.
Émile Male died in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés aged 75.

Main publications