Claude Seignolle

1917 - 2018

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: folkloristics

genre: novel, short story, tale, horror literature

country of citizenship: France

native language: French

languages spoken, written or signed: French

educated at: Lycée Lakanal

occupation: writer, collector of fairy tales, historian, ethnographer, short story writer, publisher, folklorist

award received: Knight of the National Order of Merit, prix Alfred-Verdaguer, Prix des bouquinistes

official website: heresie.com/cseignolle

Claude Seignolle (25 June 1917 – 13 July 2018) was a French author. His main interests were folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'. Source: Wikipedia (en)