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Victor Snell

1874–1931

A Swiss writer and journalist, he moved through the lively world of French-language newspapers and magazines in the early 20th century. His work ranges from fiction to essays and reflects a sharp, curious eye on the culture of his time.

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Le Jardin de Marrès

Le Jardin de Marrès

by Victor Snell

About the author

Born in 1874 and dying in 1931, Victor Snell was a Swiss author who wrote in French. Library and publishing records connect him with journalism as well as literary writing, showing a career that crossed between newspapers, magazines, and books.

His name appears in bibliographic records from the Bibliothèque nationale de France and in author listings from OpenEdition, where he is linked to periodical writing and shorter published pieces. That mix suggests a writer comfortable in both literary and public-facing forms, which was common among many francophone authors of his era.

Reliable biographical detail about his private life is limited in the sources I could confirm, so the safest picture is of a French-language Swiss man of letters whose surviving record rests mainly in library catalogs and publication archives rather than in extensive modern biographies.