Maurice Level
Maurice Level was a French writer of fiction and drama who specialized in short stories of the macabre which were printed regularly in the columns of Paris newspapers and sometimes staged by le Théâtre du Grand-Guignol, the repertory company in Paris's Pigalle district devoted to melodramatic productions which emphasized blood and gore.
Many of Level's stories have been translated into American newspapers since 1903, notably his well-known tale "The Debt-Collector". Between 1917 and 1919 the literary editor of the New York Tribune, William L. McPherson, translated seventeen war tales, seven of them being collected in Tales of Wartime France. In 1920, English journalist, editor and publisher Alys Eyre Macklin arranged a treaty with Level to be his official literary agent for all English-language countries ., and translated a selection of 26 tales as Crises, Tales of Mystery and Horror. Nine of them have been first published by Hearst's Magazine in New York in 1919-1920. Some other tales appeared later in various newspapers or magazines in England or in the USA, such as Pan, or in the well-known pulp magazine Weird Tales.
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Many of Level's stories have been translated into American newspapers since 1903, notably his well-known tale "The Debt-Collector". Between 1917 and 1919 the literary editor of the New York Tribune, William L. McPherson, translated seventeen war tales, seven of them being collected in Tales of Wartime France. In 1920, English journalist, editor and publisher Alys Eyre Macklin arranged a treaty with Level to be his official literary agent for all English-language countries ., and translated a selection of 26 tales as Crises, Tales of Mystery and Horror. Nine of them have been first published by Hearst's Magazine in New York in 1919-1920. Some other tales appeared later in various newspapers or magazines in England or in the USA, such as Pan, or in the well-known pulp magazine Weird Tales.
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