Émile Souvestre

Émile Souvestre
Born(1806-04-15)15 April 1806
Morlaix, France
Died5 July 1854(1854-07-05) (aged 48)
Montmorency, France
OccupationWriter

Émile Souvestre (15 April 1806 – 5 July 1854) was a Breton novelist who was a native of Morlaix, Brittany. Initially unsuccessful as a writer of drama, he fared better as a novelist (he wrote a sci-fi novel, Le Monde Tel Qu'il Sera) and as a researcher and writer of Breton folklore. He was posthumously awarded the Prix Lambert.