Mayer Andre Marcel Schwob (1857-1905) was a French writer. His work captures the Greco-Latin culture and the most scandalous characteristics of the Romantic Period.

Mayer Andre Marcel Schwob, French writer, was born in Chaville on 23 August 1867, died on 12 February 1905. He was the brother of Maurice Schwob and uncle of Claude Cahun (born Lucy Schwob). In 1884 he discovered Robert Louis Stevenson, who became one of his models, and whom he translated into French. He held a doctorate in classic philology and oriental languages. His work pictures the Greco-Latin culture and the most scandalous characteristics of the Romantic Period. His stories catch the macabre, sadistic and terrifying aspects in human beings and life. In 1900 he married the actress Marguerite Moreno, whom he had met in 1895. His health was rapidly deteriorating, and in 1901 he travelled to Samoa, like his hero Stevenson, in search of a cure. On his return to Paris he lived the life of a recluse until his death from syphilis in 1905.