Eugène Muller

Born in 1826 and died in 1913, Eugène Muller was a French writer who also worked as a textile designer, photographer, and librarian at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris. He wrote under his own name and also used the pen name Oncle Anselme, especially in youth periodicals.

His career was remarkably varied. Alongside his literary work, he was known as a man deeply connected to books and images, and that mix shows in his writing: accessible, observant, and often shaped by a strong sense of storytelling. His bibliography includes historical and literary pieces as well as works aimed at younger audiences.

Today, he is remembered as one of those versatile 19th-century authors whose life crossed several creative fields at once. For listeners interested in older French literature, he offers a window into a world where journalism, popular reading, scholarship, and imagination all met.