Théo Varlet

Born in Lille on March 12, 1878, Théo Varlet was a French poet, novelist, and translator who worked across several genres. He is especially remembered for fantastic and science-fiction writing, but his career was broader than that, stretching from literary journals to essays and translations.

He was also a notable translator, helping bring authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, and Jerome K. Jerome to French readers. Reference sources describe him as an active literary figure from before 1900, with his fiction becoming more prominent after the First World War.

Varlet died in Cassis on October 6, 1938. Though less widely known today than some of his contemporaries, he remains an intriguing presence in French speculative literature, where his mix of poetic style and imaginative storytelling still stands out.