Marcel Sauvage
{{Short description|French journalist and writer}}
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Marcel Sauvage (26 October 1895, Paris – 4 June 1988, Peymeinade) was a French journalist and writer.
Biography
Marcel Sauvage was born in the 4th arrondissement of Paris. He fought in World War I, but was discharged after being seriously wounded. In 1920, under the influence of Max Jacob, he used his demobilisation bonus to found the magazine Action together with Florent Fels.{{cite web |title=Action (Paris. 1920) |url=https://data.bnf.fr/fr/34423655/action__paris__1920_/ |website=data.bnf.fr |publisher=Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) |access-date=31 January 2024}} As a writer, he published essays (Au rythme des idées, 1918), poetry (Quelques choses, 1919; Voyage en Autobus, 1921; Le Chirurgien des Roses, 1922; Cicatrices, 1923) and short stories (Le Premier Homme que j'ai tué, 1929).{{cite web |title=Marcel Sauvage: Mémoires 1895-1981 |url=https://www.clairepaulhan.com/catalogue/p/memoires-1895-1981-marcel-sauvage |website=Éditions Claire Paulhan |access-date=31 January 2024}} During the 1930's, he had several novels published by Éditions Denoël.
In May 1922, Sauvage attended the International Congress of Progressive Artists and signed the "Founding Proclamation of the Union of Progressive International Artists".{{cite web |last1=van Doesburg |first1=Theo |title=De Stijl, "A Short Review of the Proceedings [of the Congress of International Progressive Artists], Followed by the Statements Made by the Artists' Groups" (1922) |url=https://modernistarchitecture.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/de-stijl-%E2%80%9Ca-short-review-of-the-proceedings-of-the-congress-of-international-progressive-artists-followed-by-the-statements-made-by-the-artists%E2%80%99-groups%E2%80%9D-1922/ |website=modernistarchitecture.wordpress.com |publisher=Ross Lawrence Wolfe |access-date=7 December 2018}} From 1927, he was a member of the jury of the Prix Renaudot. In 1949, he became known as the ghostwriter of the memoirs of Josephine Baker.{{cite web |title=Les mémoires de Joséphine Baker rééditées |url=https://www.jazzradio.fr/news/culture-et-societe/39105/les-memoires-de-josephine-baker-reeditees |website=Jazz Radio |access-date=31 January 2024 |date=18 March 2022}}
Sauvage died in Peymeinade in 1988, aged 92.
= Family =
He was married to the novelist Paule Malardot, with whom he had one son.
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