Maurice Magre (Occitan: ''Maurici Magre''; 2 March 1877 - 11 December 1941) was a French writer, poet, and playwright.
He was an ardent defender of
Occitan Occitan may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania territory in parts of France, Italy, Monaco and Spain.
* Something of, from, or related to the Occitania administrative region of France.
* Occitan language
Occitan (; o ...
, and did much to publicize the martyrdom of the
Cathars
Catharism (; from the grc, καθαροί, katharoi, "the pure ones") was a Christian dualist or Gnostic movement between the 12th and 14th centuries which thrived in Southern Europe, particularly in northern Italy and southern France. Fol ...
in the 13th century. For his historical novels on Catharism, Magre is particularly in line with the historian
Napoléon Peyrat, in the sense that the author often prefers legends and the romantic epic to historical truth.
Novels
* ''L'Appel de la bête'' (1920)
* ''Les Colombes poignardées'' (1917)
* ''La Tendre Camarade'' (1918)
* ''Priscilla d'Alexandrie'' (1925)
* ''La Vie amoureuse de Messaline'' (1925)
* ''La Vie des Courtisanes'' (1925)
* ''La Luxure de Grenade'' (1926)
* ''Le Mystère du Tigre'' (1927)
* ''Lucifer'' (1929)
* ''La Nuit de haschich et d'opium'' (1929)
* ''La Lumière de la Chine. Le Roman de Confucius'' (1927)
* ''Le Sang de Toulouse. Histoire albigeoise du XIIème siècle'' (1931)
* ''Le Trésor des Albigeois'' (1938)
* ''Un Français à la cour de l'empereur Akbar. Jean de Fodoas'' (1939)
* ''Histoire merveilleuse de Claire d'Amour''.
* ''L'Art de séduire les femmes'' (1929)
* ''Le Poison de Goa'' (1928)
Poetry
* ''La Chanson des hommes'' (1898)
* ''Le Poème de la jeunesse'' (1901)
* ''Les Lèvres et le secret'' (1905-1906)
* ''Les Belles de Nuit'' (1913)
* ''La Montée aux enfers. Poésies'' (1918)
* ''La Porte du mystère'' (1924)
* ''Le Parc des Rossignols'' (1940)
References
External links
Maurice Magre Wikisource
French novelists
French poets
French dramatists and playwrights
1877 births
1941 deaths
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