Maurice Malleret

Maurice Malleret was a French writer, historian, musicologist, and poet. He collaborated with the magazine ' and Cercle Littéraire des Écrivains Cheminots. He was a member of the, Secretary of, and served on the editing committee of '.

Biography

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. 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. He edited the monthly newsletter of Les Amis de Montluçon from 1995 to 2011. 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.

Distinctions

Silver Medal of the Union Artistique et Intellectuelle des Cheminots Français
Prix Athanor of the City of Montluçon
Knight of the Ordre des Palmes académiques
Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit

Publications

Semailles
Le Musée de la traverse en bois
Historique de l'ancienne subdivision des bois des installations fixes
La Vigne à Lavault-Sainte-Anne, jadis et naguère
La Descente du Cher en chemin de fer, de Mérinchal à Vierzon
Pour voir Montluçon d'une autre façon
Trains de rêve et rêves de train
Jean Dormoy, le forgeron du 1er mai
Montluçon, capitale du Haut Cher
Encyclopédie des auteurs du pays montluçonnais et de leurs œuvres
Le patrimoine des communes de l'Allier
Pour découvrir Montluçon de la meilleure façon
''Le vignoble du Theil''