ERCKMANN – CHATRIAN
Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.
Both Erckmann and Chatrian were born in the département of Moselle), in the Lorraine region in in France. They specialised in military fiction and ghost stories in a rustic mode Lifelong friends who first met in the spring of 1847, they finally quarreled during the mid-1880s, after which they did not produce any more stories jointly. During 1890 Chatrian died, and Erckmann wrote a few pieces under his own name.
“The Wild Huntsman” (1871), “The Man-Wolf” (1876 and “The Crab Spider” are well known in England.
Erckmann-Chatrian wrote numerous historical novels . Generally the novels were written by Erckmann, and the plays mostly by Chatrian.