author
Eugène Montfort
1877–1936
A lively figure in early 20th-century French letters, this novelist, critic, and editor helped shape literary debate through both his books and the magazine Les Marges. His work is often noted for its vivid style, sharp independence, and close attention to the world around him.
5 Audiobooks
La Turque : roman parisien
by Eugène Montfort
Brelan marin
by Eugène Montfort
Chair
by Eugène Montfort
En flânant de Messine à Cadix
by Eugène Montfort
Le chalet dans la montagne : voyages vrais et imaginaires
by Eugène Montfort
About the author
Born in Paris on February 7, 1877, Eugène Montfort was a French writer, editor, and critic. He was associated with the naturist literary movement in the 1890s, alongside figures such as Saint-Georges de Bouhélier and Maurice Le Blond, and he also wrote under the pen names Louis Lamarque and Philoxène Bisson.
Montfort is especially remembered for founding the review Les Marges in 1903 and directing it for many years. Alongside his editorial work, he published novels, travel writing, prose poems, and literary criticism, including the multi-volume Vingt-cinq ans de littérature française. Contemporary and later reference sources describe his writing as energetic, observant, and strongly independent in spirit.
He died in Port-Vendres on December 12, 1936. For readers interested in the literary world of France around the turn of the century, his career offers a window onto both creative writing and the lively magazine culture that surrounded it.