author
André Lichtenberger
1870–1940
A French novelist, historian, and sociologist, he wrote with equal ease about ideas and everyday feeling. He is especially remembered today for the warmly observed Trott books, centered on childhood and family life.
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En Alsace
by André Lichtenberger
La petite sœur de Trott
by André Lichtenberger
About the author
Born in Strasbourg on November 29, 1870, André Lichtenberger built a career that crossed literature, history, and social thought. He earned a Doctor of Letters in history and published both fiction and nonfiction, bringing a scholar’s curiosity to subjects ranging from society and politics to private life.
Alongside essays and historical studies, he wrote novels that reached a broad readership. His best-known work today is the Trott series, whose child-centered stories helped keep his name alive with later generations of readers. The mix of intelligence, tenderness, and close observation in those books gives them much of their lasting appeal.
He died in Paris on March 23, 1940. Remembered as a versatile man of letters rather than a writer confined to one field, he left behind a body of work that links the reflective world of scholarship with the more intimate pleasures of storytelling.