Eugene Marcel Pr憝ost (1 May 1862 - 1941) was a French author, writer and dramatist. He was born in Paris, and educated at Jesuit schools in Bordeaux and Paris, entering the 丱ole polytechnique in 1882. He published a story in the Clairon as early as 1881, but for some years after the completion of his studies he applied his technical knowledge to the manufacture of tobacco. He had a great success in 1904 with a four act play La Plusfaible, produced at the Comedie Francaise. In 1909 he was elected to the French Academy. 固opFoto