Victor Margueritte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Margueritte

French writer

Date of Birth: 01-Dec-1866

Place of Birth: Blida, Blida Province, Algeria

Date of Death: 23-Mar-1942

Profession: writer, poet, playwright, novelist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Victor Margueritte (1 December 1866 – 23 March 1942) and his brother Paul Margueritte (1860–1918), French novelists, both born in Algeria, were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823–1870), who after an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge at Sedan and died in Belgium on 6 September 1870.
An account of their father's life was published by Paul as Mon père (1884; enlarged ed., 1897).
The names of the two brothers are generally associated, on account of their collaboration. Victor entered his father’s regiment, the Chasseurs d'Afrique, in 1888, and served in the army until 1896, when he resigned his commission.
He was already known by some volumes of poetry, and by a translation from Calderon (La Double méprise, played at the Odéon, 1898) when he began to collaborate with his brother.
Together they worked on several novels and historical works. Victor Margueritte wrote several theatrical "charades" and collaborated with Paul on at least one pantomime: La Peur.
His novel La Garçonne (1922) was considered so shocking it caused the author to lose his Légion d'honneur.