Gustave Aimard (real name: Olivier Glue) Gloux) 13. 9. 1818, Paris, — 20. 6. 1883) - French writer, author of adventure novels, one of the classics of the Western genre in literature . Along with Eugne Sue and Paul Feval, he is the most popular representative of 19th-century French mass literature. The works of Emar were very popular in pre-revolutionary Russia. In 1899, a 12-volume edition of his works was published in St. Petersburg .. Novels of the writer were read by Nikolai Gumilev, Alexander Green, Samuel Marshak . In the fifth volume of the Collected Works of G. Emara includes the novels "Gold Rush" and "Curumilla", continuing the series of novels about the adventures of Valentin Gilua and his friends.