Born in Joigny in 1902, Marcel Aymé was raised by his grandparents on his mother’s side, in Jura. Not being very interested by school, he preferred taking walks and reading. Despite this, he passed his baccalauréat at the age of seventeen and toyed with the idea of becoming an engineer, but a serious illness prevented him from continuing his studies. After his service in the military, he moved to Paris, where he tried his hand at many types of work: journalism, labour, peddling… In 1926, his first novel, Brûlebois brought him wide recognition. It was after the success of The Green Mare in 1933 that he was able to dedicate himself entirely to writing. The first collection of the famous Magic Pictures and The Wonderful Farm were published in 1934 and The Man Who Walked Through Walls in 1943. Its irony, caustic humour and vividness combined to make Marcel Aymé a very popular writer. Author of twenty novels, ten short stories, essays, scripts and several plays, he died in Paris in 1967.
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