author
Frédéric Boutet
1874–1941
A French writer of dark, strange tales, he moved between decadent fiction, crime writing, and popular storytelling. His work also reached the screen, linking the worlds of early twentieth-century literature and cinema.
4 Audiobooks
Douze aventures sentimentales, suivies d'autres histoires d'à présent
by Frédéric Boutet
L'homme sauvage et Julius Pingouin
by Frédéric Boutet
Par-dessus le mur
by Frédéric Boutet
Le spectre de M. Imberger
by Frédéric Boutet
About the author
Born in Bourges on November 5, 1874, Frédéric Boutet was a French short story writer and novelist. Reference sources including the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the French Wikipedia entry identify him as a nouvelliste and novelist, and note that he died in Arcachon in 1941.
Boutet is especially remembered for stories touched by the Decadent movement and for his taste for the cruel, uncanny, and fantastical. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction highlights his contribution to strange fiction, where psychological unease and dark irony often matter as much as plot.
He also worked in cinema, providing material or scripts connected with filmmakers such as Louis Feuillade, Julien Duvivier, Jacques Feyder, and Charles Vanel. That mix of literary imagination and popular appeal helps explain why his work still attracts readers interested in forgotten corners of French fiction.