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Blaise Meliani

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Blaise Meliani

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Also known as Frederic Louis Sauser, Frédéric Sauser, Blaise Cendrars (Frédéric Sauser)

Swiss writer (1887-1961)

Film & TV

Directing

Known for

  • Acaba de Chegar ao Brasil o Bello Poeta Francez Blaise Cendrars — Self (archive footage)1972
  • Venom and Eternity — Self1952

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
France
Active from
1887
Active to
1961

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Key facts

Born
Frédéric-Louis Sauser , ( 1887-09-01 ) 1 September 1887, La Chaux-de-Fonds , Neuchâtel , Switzerland
Died
21 January 1961 (1961-01-21) (aged 73), Paris, France
Occupation
Novelist , poet
Literary movement
Modernism , Futurism
Notable works
Sutter's Gold [ fr ] , Moravagine , Lice [ fr ]

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Works in European collections

2 objects attributed to Blaise Meliani, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Frédéric-Louis Sauser (1 September 1887 – 21 January 1961), better known as Blaise Cendrars ( French: [sɑ̃dʁaʁ]), was a Swiss-born novelist and poet who became a naturalized French citizen in 1916. He was a writer of considerable influence in the European modernist movement.

Early years and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blaise Meliani” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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