Marcel Nadaud

Marcel Nadaud was a French journalist and writer, born in Limoges on November 25, 1887, and remembered for novels and reports linked to aviation and war. He studied at the Lycée Gay-Lussac in Limoges and then entered the École de physique et de chimie de Paris, but left scientific studies to focus on writing.

During the First World War, he was mobilized in 1915 and later served in aviation-related duties. That experience fed directly into his work: he became known for stories of aerial warfare as well as journalism on major public cases. His 1917 book En plein vol received the Prix Montyon from the Académie française, and he went on to publish a string of popular novels including Chignole, Les Derniers mousquetaires, and Frangipane et Cie.

Nadaud also wrote for the stage and worked in journalism, including as head of the economic service at Le Petit Journal. Sources consulted during this search agree that he died on February 17, 1943. I found evidence of a press portrait in the Bibliothèque nationale de France catalog, but I could not confirm a usable image file directly from the page images available here, so I’m leaving the portrait unset.