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Maurice Dekobra

Maurice Dekobra was a French and Canadian writer, screenwriter, journalist, film director, poet and translator (1885–1973). He was born at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris and died at 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Also recorded as Maurice Tessier.

Overview

Recorded at birth as Ernest Maurice Charles Tessier.

Also worked under the name Maurice Dekobra, Chevalier Naja and Maurice d'Asseroy.

Born at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris in 1885, died at 18th arrondissement of Paris in 1973.

Identity and origins

Maurice Dekobra was recorded at birth as Ernest Maurice Charles Tessier. He also worked under the names Maurice Dekobra, Chevalier Naja and Maurice d'Asseroy. The authorities additionally record the heading Maurice Tessier. His recorded language was French.

Catalogued works

40 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. The first 12 are listed here.

Y fenws â'r llygaid aur. Bedroom Eyes. Lune de miel a Shanghaï. Minuit ... אהבה בשנחאי. La volupté éclairant le monde. Les lèvres qui mentent [Le sphinx a parlé ...]. אהבותיו של מרגל. The sphinx has spoken. גונדולת החלומות. ליידי דיאנה. Lune de miel à Shanghai.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Maurice Dekobra, Macao, enfer du jeu , Paris, Zulma, 2007, 160 p., Aden, 2008. Imagining adventure in Middlebrow fiction: Cosmopolitan Novels by Maurice Dekobra and Johan Fabricius, RELIEF - REVUE ÉLECTRONIQUE DE LITTÉRATURE FRANÇAISE, 2015. Dekobra, Maurice, (1885–1 June 1973), Officer of the Legion of Honour; Grand Cross of St John the Baptist; Grand Officer of the Nicham Iftikar; Doctor of Letters, hc; novelist and playwright, Who Was Who, 2007. Imagining adventure in Middlebrow fiction: Cosmopolitan Novels by Maurice Dekobra and Johan Fabricius, RELIEF - Revue électronique de littérature française, 2015. Paris-Venise, 1887-1932: La "folie venitienne" dans le roman francais de Paul Bourget a Maurice Dekobra (review), Nineteenth-Century French Studies, 2002.

In detail

the recorded working language is French.

The field of work recorded is literature, poetry and drama.

Distinctions recorded are Prix du Quai des Orfèvres.

Chronology

  1. 1885Maurice Dekobra born at 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris.
  2. 1973Maurice Dekobra died at 18th arrondissement of Paris.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Maurice Dekobra”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1399009: Maurice Dekobra

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