Maurice Malleret (30 September 1931 – 3 October 2021) was a French writer, historian, musicologist, and poet.[1][2] He collaborated with the magazine La Vie du rail and Cercle Littéraire des Écrivains Cheminots.[3] He was a member of the Société des poètes et artistes de France, Secretary of Les Amis de Montluçon, and served on the editing committee of Les Cahiers bourbonnais.
Maurice Malleret | |
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 Malleret in 2016 | |
| Born | 30 September 1931 |
| Died | 3 October 2021 (aged 90) Lavault-Sainte-Anne, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Writer Historian |
Biography edit
After his secondary studies in Montluçon, Malleret started his career with SNCF. He worked at the station in Treignat from 1948 to 1963 and subsequently conducted research for a logging company in Montluçon and Limoges from 1964 to 1969.[4] He became a correspondent for the weekly newspaper La Vie du rail.
In 1956, Malleret became a member of the friends of the National Museum of Natural History, France and contributed to an exhibit for the Cité du Train in Mulhouse.[5] He edited the monthly newsletter of Les Amis de Montluçon from 1995 to 2011.[6] He served on the editorial board of Les Cahiers bourbonnais from 2004 to 2013.
Maurice Malleret died in Lavault-Sainte-Anne on 3 October 2021 at the age of 90.[7]
Distinctions edit
- Silver Medal of the Union Artistique et Intellectuelle des Cheminots Français (1995)
- Prix Athanor of the City of Montluçon (1995)[8]
- Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques (2007)[9]
- Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit (2010)
Publications edit
- Semailles (poésies) (1978)
- Le Musée de la traverse en bois (1983)
- Historique de l'ancienne subdivision des bois des installations fixes (1986)
- La Vigne à Lavault-Sainte-Anne, jadis et naguère (1988)
- La Descente du Cher en chemin de fer, de Mérinchal (Creuse) à Vierzon (Cher) (1988)
- Pour voir Montluçon d'une autre façon (1989)
- Trains de rêve et rêves de train (1991)
- Jean Dormoy, le forgeron du 1er mai (1994)
- Montluçon, capitale du Haut Cher (1994)
- Encyclopédie des auteurs du pays montluçonnais et de leurs œuvres (1440-1994) (1995)
- Le patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999)
- Pour découvrir Montluçon de la meilleure façon (2005)
- Le vignoble du Theil (2016)
References edit
- ^ "Lavault-Sainte-Anne (Allier) : l'historien local Maurice Malleret est mort". La Montagne (in French). Lavault-Sainte-Anne. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ "Hommage à Maurice Mallere". Vu du Bourbonnais (in French). 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Site du C.L.E.C." Cercle Littéraire des Écrivains Cheminots (in French).
- ^ Encyclopédie des auteurs montluçonnais et de leurs oeuvres (in French). Charroux-en-Bourbonnais: Cahiers du Bourbonnais. 1994.
- ^ Boeglin, R. (23 December 1986). "Hebdomadaire". La vie du rail (in French).
- ^ "Histoire". Les Amis de Montluçon (in French).
- ^ "Monsieur Maurice MALLERET". Libra Memoria (in French).
- ^ "Maurice Malleret honoré par la municipalité". La Montagne (in French). 19 February 1990.
- ^ "Palmes académiques". Les Cahiers Bourbonnais (in French). 2007.