Maurice Sardina
(Paris, France: 11th April 1891 - 27th May 1977)
Learned magic in 1903. Engineer in Nice. Amateur magician. AFAP Master Magician. Edited Journal de la Prestidigitation 1945-49. Wrote La magie du sorcier (1946), with English translation by Fitzkee as The Magic of Rezvani (1949); Les `erreurs' de Harry Houdini (1947), with English translation by Victor Farelli as Where Houdini Was Wrong (1950, 120pp), which is Sardina's famous answer to Houdini's effort to discredit Robert-Houdin; and Rezvanimagie (1949). Translator of magic books, including Keith Clark's classic Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks in 1958. Tricks in Journal de la Prestidigitation.