Marcel Aymé

Marcel Aymé was born in Joigny on 29 March 1902 and was raised by his maternal grandparents in Villers-Robert, in the Jura. After his military service, from 1919 to 1923, he settled in Paris, where he worked as a bank clerk and an insurance agent before living by his pen. His first novel appeared in 1926, and he received the prix Renaudot in 1929. A novelist and short-story writer, he also wrote for the theatre and the cinema, as well as children's tales. He died in Paris on 14 October 1967.

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• Short storiesThe Man Who Walked Through WallsLe Passe-murailleMarcel Aymé · 1943Literature