French Literature mss., ca.1750-1977

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French Literature mss., ca. 1750-1977

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French Literature mss., ca.1750-1977

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Consists of individual items acquiredseparately either as a gift or purchased from a variety of sources, relating to orby French literary figures. Additions continue to be made.

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Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6624861

Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)

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Cocteau, Jean

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright and filmmaker. Antonin Artaud -- French poet, essayist, actor and director -- was the leading playwright of the 'Theatre of Cruelty.' From the description of Le moine de M.G. Lewis raconté par Antonin Artaud [manuscript], ca. 1931 / Jean Cocteau. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 318989605 French poet, novelist, playwright, and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Fourier, Charles, 1772-1837

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French social scientist and reformer. From the description of Letter, 1823 Jan 16, to the editor of the newspaper LE CONSTITUTIONNEL. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122500132 From the description of Letter, 1829 Mar. 21, to Baron de Férussac. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122369503 From the description of Indication de cinq planètes inconnues : manuscript, 1820 Jan. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510613 ...

Champfleury, 1821-1889

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Champfleury (pseudonym for Jules François Félix Husson-Fleury) was a self-educated critic and art historian, as well as a prolific author of fiction. He was the first to acknowledge the esthetic term of "realism", and also a pioneer in the history of caricature and popular prints. In 1872 he was nominated curator of the Sèvres museum for life. From the description of Champfleury papers, 1857-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83372113 Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson ...

Langhenhoven, Jéhan Van, poet.

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Aveline, Claude, 1901-1992

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Ribemont-Dessaignes, Georges, 1884-1974

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French painter, poet and critic. From the description of Entretien III (conversation on Picabia), n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79696486 From the description of Essay on Jean Dubuffet, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83749837 From the description of Essays, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77780384 ...

Bosco, Henri, 1888-1976

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Badin, Georges, 1941-

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Brunetìere, Ferdinand, 1849-1906

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French writer and critic. From the description of La metaphysique positiviste : autograph manuscript signed, [1902?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270538352 From the description of Sur les qualités de la langue française : autograph manuscript signed : Paris, 1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539131 ...

Larbaud, Valéry, 1881-1957

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Valéry Larbaud was a French novelist, poet, critic, and translator. He was particularly noted for his creation of the fictional character Archibaldo Olson Barnabooth, a wealthy young South American who travels through Europe searching for fulfillment. Maurice Edgar Coindreau was brought over from France to teach French at Princeton University's Depart. of Romance Languages and Literatures in 1923. From the description of Préface pour le roman de William Faulkner "Tandis que j'agoni...

Estaunié, Édouard, 1862-1942

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Renan, Ernest, 1823-1892

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French philosopher and best known for his writings on early Christianity. From the description of [Letter] 1880 juin 18, Paris [to] Monsieur / E. Renan. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 320955893 French philologist and historian. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [W.A. Knight], 1882 Sept. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270617180 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Rome, to [Eugène Burnouf], 1850 Apr. 4. (U...

Sarcey, Francisque, 1827-1899

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Picard, Gaston Louis Charles, 1892-

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Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980

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Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980), existentialist philosopher, dramatist and novelist, author of La Nausée (1938), Huis clos (1943), and L'être et le néant (1943). From the description of Jean-Paul Sartre collection, [ca. 1950-1970]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138367 The life of Jean-Paul Sartre, French novelist and Existentialist philosopher, has been recounted in numerous books. Of particular relevance to this collection is John Gerassi's own biographical study, Jean...

Alembert, Jean le Rond d', 1717-1783

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French mathematician and physicist. From the description of Letter, 1752 Dec. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86130317 French mathematician and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris, to Mme la Marquise du Deffand, 1753 Jan. 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270131833 From the description of Sur les couleurs qui se forment au foyer des lentilles, et sur les dimensions de ce foyer : autograph manuscript unsigned, undate...

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

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Charles Baudelaire is widely regarded as one of the best French poets of the 19th century; he also wrote art criticism and translated the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. From the description of Charles Baudelaire letters, 1859-1863. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526418 French poet and art critic. From the description of Letter : to Paul Chenavard, Paris. 1863 Nov. 25. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81339728 ...

Richepin, Jean, 1849-1926

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French writer. From the description of Contes Galantes-Le Korrigan : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270844227 ...

Philippe, Charles-Louis, 1874-1909

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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [Alphonse] Lamartine, 1840 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875523 Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French 19th century novelist best known for his multi-volume work, La comédie humaine. From the description of Honoré de Balzac letter to monsieur, 1843 December 31. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526434 Honeré de Balzac was a French nov...

Augier, Emile, 1820-1889

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Cherrier, Henri

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Lanson, Gustave, 1857-1934

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Paris, France resident. From the description of Papers, 1900-1927. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 36635526 ...

Grasset, Bernard

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Coupon, Gérard, 1953-

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Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Fernand Gregh, [n.d.]"Jeudi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Georges [de Lauris], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851761 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to [Robert de Montesquiou], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851766 Marcel Proust is generally regarded as one ...

Frannière, Edith, binder.

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Miguel, André, 1920-

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Taillandier, St. Réné, 1817-1879

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Banville, Théodore Faullain de, 1823-1891

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Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000623.0x0002a4 ...

Farrère, Claude, 1876-1957

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Lamartine, Alphonse de (1790-1869).

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Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869) was born in Mâcon, France into the aristocracy. His father was imprisoned during the French Revolution but escaped the guillotine. After briefly serving in the military, Lamartine joined the diplomatic corps as secretary to the French embassy at Naples. His first colletion of poetry, Méditations poétiques was published in 1820, establishing him as one of the key figures in the Romantic movement in French literature. Lamartine entered politics and was elected ...

Berger, Philippe, 1846-1912

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Strowski, Fortunat, 1866-1952

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Flaubert, Gustave, 1821-1880

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Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002a1 French writer. From the description of Travel notes, ca. 1851. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148606 Gustave Flaubert, a 19th century French novelist, known primarily for his first novel Madame Bovary, published in 1857 and for his collected letters. From the description of Doria: manuscript, [ca. 1851]. (Temple...

Ackermann, L. (Louise), 1813-1890

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Maurras, Charles, 1868-1952

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Charles Maurras, French writer and political theorist. From the description of Charles Maurras manuscripts, 1895-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79865377 From the description of Charles Maurras manuscripts, 1895-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702164391 ...

Oliver, Arsène, -1895, author.

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Boëx, Joseph Henri Honoré, 1856-1940

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Durand, A. (Auguste), 1801-1877

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Jusserand, J. J. (Jean Jules), 1855-1932

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Jusserand was a French author and diplomat who was the French minister to Washington, 1902-1925. From the description of [Letters to] Prof. Yeomans / Jusserand. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844336 Jean Jules Jusserand was a French diplomat and author. He was ambassador to the United States from 1902 to 1925. A close friend of every U.S. President during that period, he did much to promote friendly Franco-American relations and to win the United States to the Allie...

Ibert, Jean-Claude, 1928-2008

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Delzant, Alidor, 1847-

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Chabert, Pierre, poet.

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La Tour du Pin, Patrice de, 1911-1975

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Bloy, Léon, 1846-1917

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Palissot de Montenoy, Charles, 1730-1814

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Clément, Line, poet.

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Fannière, Edith, binder.

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Glatigny, Albert, 1839-1873

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Boylesve, René, 1867-1926

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René Boylesve (born René Tardiveau) was a French novelist, short story writer, and literary critic. From the description of Centenaire de la naissance de René Boylesve de l'Académie française: exposition de 14 avril 1967 au 13 mai 1967, 1967. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40750083 ...

Henry Fernard, 1859-

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Barrés, Maurice 1862-1923

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French author and politician, known for his fierce nationalism. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645466 ...

Autrand, Charles, fl. 1969

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Bernstein, Henry, 1876-1953

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Zaborski, Frédéric, 1955-

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Joubert, Jean, 1928-....

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Carco, Françis, 1886-1958

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France, Anatole, 1844-1924

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607535293 From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 607557572 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, to Anthippe Sevastos Couchoud, [1917 Dec. 14]. (Unknown). WorldCat...

Mortier, Alfred

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Vogüé, Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de, 1848-1910

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Grandclaude, Maurice, 1887-

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Barbusse, Henri, 1873-1935

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French novelist and journalist. From the description of Autobiographical essay, 1933 Nov. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122472964 ...

Dumas, Alexandre, 1824-1895

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The writer Alexandre Dumas (1824-1895), the author of La Dame aux camlias, was the son of the novelist Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870). From the guide to the Miscellaneous correspondence from Alexandre Dumas junior to various recipients, 1850-1883, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) French author and dramatist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Marly-le-Roi], to an unidentified "monsieur," [1892 Apr. 12]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 757338135 ...

Romains, Jules, 1885-1972

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Fort, Paul, 1872-1960

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Paul Fort was a French poet who founded Vers et prose, a literary review associated with the poet Valéry, and Theatre d'Art to encourage the production of Symbolist drama. From the description of Paul Fort letters, postcards, and poem, 1906-1937. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804532 ...

La Tour du Pin, Brigitte (O’Connor) de, comtesse

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Beque, Henry François, 1837-1899

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Pector, Désiré, author.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66n925q (person)

Deville, Michel, poet.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f5qc9 (person)

Toulet, Paul-Jean, 1867-1920

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Jammes, Francis, 1868-1938

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Delisle, Léopold, 1826-1910

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Derème, Tristan

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Barbusse, Henri, 1847-1935

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Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949

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Maeterlinck was a Belgian Symbolist poet, playwright, and essayist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1911. Colles (1855-1926) was a English journalist, literary agent, and founder and managing director of Authors' Syndicate in London, England. From the guide to the Maurice Maeterlinck letters to William Morris Colles, 1921-1929., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Belgian poet, dramatist, and essayist. ...

Labiche, Eugène, 1815-1888

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6k64kn7 (person)

Resident of Augusta, Ga. From the description of Commonplace Book, 1869-1904. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31824206 ...

Ramuz, C.F. (Charles Ferdinand), 1878-1947

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Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870

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French man of letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [n.p., Paris?, n.d.], to [Jacques-Joseph Champollion-Figeac], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873526 French author and administrator of antiquities. From the description of Letters, 1826-1870. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80148610 ...

Gourmont, Rémy de, 1858-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6j1062h (person)

Rémy de Gourmont was a French critic and novelist, who was a long-time contributor to Mercure de France publications. From the description of Epilogues : manuscript, 1895-1901. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 80781528 French novelist, critic and essayist. From the description of La parure (essay), n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78232504 Rémy de Gourmont was a French critic and novelist, who was a long-time contributor to Mercure de France...

Fromentin, Eugène, 1820-1876

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gq7j88 (person)

Eugène Fromentin was a French painter, poet and author. He participated to the Salon until his sudden death in 1876. From the description of Letter to Paul Mantz, [May 15, 1859]. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 78213229 French painter and author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Maurice, to George Sand, 1857 Apr. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870842 French painter and writer. From the description o...

Sue, Eugene, i.e. Marie Joseph Eug'ene, 1804-1857.

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Henry, Fernand, 1859-....

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Leconte, Sébastien-Charles, 1865-1934

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Meunier, Charles, 1866-1940

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Coppée, François, 1842-1908

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Heredia, José-Maria de, 1842-1905

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000036 José-Maria de Heredia was born in Cuba and educated at the Sorbonne. His single published volume of poetry, Les Trophées, was universally praised. Despite recognition as a poet's poet, his sonnets were so immaculate that they were nearly impossible to duplicate, and thus his influence on other poets has been negligible. From the descrip...

Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870

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Giono, Jean, 1895-1970

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Jean Giono, French novelist, author of "Le hussard sur le toit". From the description of Jean Giono collection, 1938-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83206641 From the description of Jean Giono collection, 1938-1970. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702151903 French author. Jean Giono was born in 1895 in Manosque, a small Provençal town in southwestern France. He wrote over fifty books and screenplays, and his other novels include The son...

Du Bouchet, André, 1924-

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Daudet, Alphonse, 1840-1897

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Alphonse Daudet was a nineteenth century French novelist and dramatist. From the description of Alphonse Daudet letter to mon cher monsieur Colhynon, ca. 1872 and 1950. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40804528 Daudet was a French novelist, dramatist, short story writer, and a leading figure in the nineteenth-century school of French Naturalism. Adolphe Belot was a prolific French author and dramatist. Fromont jeune et Risler ainé is a comic dra...

Crommelynck, Fernand, 1886-1970

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Belgian dramatist and actor. From the description of Le cocu magnifique : [Paris] : autograph manuscript signed, [1920 or earlier]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270536133 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Saint-Germain-en-Laye, to Serge Veber, "Vice-president de la Société des Auteurs" in Paris, 1963 Dec. 11. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270527598 ...

Jouhandeau, Marcel, 1888-1979

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Epithet: French author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0002c8 ...

Regnier, Henri François Joseph de, 1864-1936

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Epithet: of the Académie Française British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x0003d3 ...

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ff3wp6 (person)

French writer. From the description of Mon salon, corrected proof, 1866. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80803997 From the description of Letters, 1858-1860, to Paul Cezanne. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84387915 Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist. The Dreyfus Affair was the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt Alfred Dreyfus (1859c1935), a French general staff officer. Zola w...

Genêt, Jean, 1910-1986

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David Hilliard was in prison from 1970 to 1974 on a one-year to ten-year assault charge. His letters from Genet were sent to him through his lawyer, Charles Garry, who also received some direct communication from Genet. According to Hilliard's notes on these letters, "[Genet] had a major effect in the change of Newton's and the Party's views on homosexuality. Zayd Shakur influenced Genet with regard to the Party. When I was released from prison I was expelled from the Party by Newton after Newto...

Bernard, Tristan, 1866-1947

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Musset, Alfred de 1810-1857

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Alfred de Musset was a writer. From the description of Autographed commentary, ca. 1855-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155887233 French poet. From the description of Autograph letter unsigned : Paris?, to Caroline Jaubert, 1837 Oct. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270612982 ...

Voltaire, 1694-1778

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French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to René Hérault, Lieutenant-general of the police in Paris, 1729 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270872418 From the description of Autograph letter, dated : [n.p., Ferney?, n.d., ca. 1766?], to Gabriel Crammer, [n.d., ca. 1766?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270873849 Voltaire, playwright. William F. Fleming, translator. Tom Fontana, adaptor. From the description of Catil...

Claretie, Jules, 1840-1913

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67948hn (person)

Jules Claretie was a writer, playwright and frequent contributor to various periodicals. In 1885 he became administrator of the Comédie Française, where he worked until shortly before his death. From the description of Letters to Gabriel Ferrier, 1888-1906. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79935581 ...

Agar-Marye, Mme Florence Leonide (Charvin), (Mme George Marye), 1836-1891

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Spoelberch de Lovenjoul, Charles, vicomte de, 1836-1907

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dr32x6 (person)

Mouravit, Gustave

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Gustave Mouravit (b. 1840) was an essayist and bibliophile. From the guide to the Papers formerly belonging to Gustave Mouravit concerning the Rgiment de la Calotte, the Constitution Unigenitus the Miracles of deacon Paris, 18th century, (University of Oxford, Taylor Institution Library) ...

Gault, Jean- Louis, 1952-

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Villain, Jean-Claude, 1947-....

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Boissy d'Anglas, François-Antoine (1846-1921).

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Lacretelle, Jacques de 1888-1985

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The French novelist Jacques de Lacretelle was born on July 14, 1888, in Cormatin, France, and died on Jan. 2, 1985, in Paris. Lacretelle wrote his first novel, LA VIE INQUIÈTE DE JEAN HERMELIN (The Troubled Life of Jean Hermelin), an autobiographical novel of adolescence, in 1914, and it was published in 1920. Later, Lacretelle turned to short fiction and nonfiction, and wrote theater reviews for NOUVELLE REVUE FRANÇAISE. It was for the publication of AMOUR NUPTIALE (A Man's Life) in 1929 that...

Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955

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French diplomat, poet and dramatist. From the description of L'homme et son désir, 1917. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80272306 The ballet L'homme et son desir, based on a text by Paul Claudel, was created for Nijinsky, with music by Darius Milhaud, choreography by Claudel, and sets and costumes by Audrey Parr. The ballet was composed in 1917 while Claudel was French minister to Brazil and Darius Milhaud served as his secretary. From the descri...

Berger, Anne, 1951-

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Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822

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Antoine, André, 1858-1943

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André Antoine (1858-1943) was a French theatre manager. Léon Hennique (1851-1935) was a French novelist and playwright. From the guide to the André Antoine Letters, 1887-1931, 1887-1909, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida) ...

Auriol, George, 1863-1938

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Illustrator, typographical designer and writer. His literary activity culminated in the first part of his life, as a writer and editor of the journal Chat Noir from 1883 to 1893. After 1900 he became an important designer of book illustrations and typography, influential in the "Belle Epoque" period. He made hundreds of book covers for avant-garde authors published by Enoch, Flammarion, and Ollendorff. From the description of Le dict de l'Ecureuil, undated. (Getty Research Institute)...

Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970

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Charles Gaulle (b. November 22, 1890, Lille, France-d. November 9, 1970, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, France) was a French general, statesman, and veteran of World War I and World War II. He led the Free French Forces during World War II and later served as France's President, 1944-1945; Prime Minister, 1958-1959; and Minister of Defense, 1958-1959, before founding the French Fifth Republic and serving as its first president, 1959-1969. ...

Sand, George, 1804-1876

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George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant) was a French author. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1829-1872. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122590144 George Sand was the pseudonym of Mme. Dudevant. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1857, 1875, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155886629 George Sand (pseudonym of Amantine Lucille Aurore Dupin Dudevant ) was a Frenc...

Léautaud, Paul, 1872-1956.

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Brindeau, Serge

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Courteline, Georges, pseud.

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Georges Courteline (1858-1929) is a pseudonym for Georges Moinaux, a French playwright and writer. From the description of George Courteline compositions, 1906-1927. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612221949 From the guide to the Georges Courteline compositions, 1906-1927., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Georges Courteline, real name: Georges Moinaux, playwright, 1858-1929. From the description of The bowlingree...

Gide, André, 1869-1951

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French writer, humanist and moralist. From the description of Letters : Paris, to Kelver Hartley, Paris, 1934 Nov. 1-Dec. 25. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32415731 French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Criquetot-l'Esneval], 9 April 1916, to Gabriel [i.e. Georges] Jean-Aubry, 1916 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577855 From the description of Letter, 1924 April 7 [manuscript]. (Uni...

Barbier, Auguste, 1805-1882

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Jandot, Jacques, poet.

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Genlis, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse de, 1746-1830

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French author; afterwards Marquise de Sillery. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to George Romney, 1795 Nov. 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269582636 Stephanie Felicité Genlis was a French writer and educator. Marie-Francoise-Clarisse Manson was involved in the murder trial of Judge Joseph-Bernardin Fualdes in Rodez (France) in 1818. From the guide to the Stephanie Felicité Genlis letter and other letters, 1812-1817 and undated., (Houghton Libr...

Gourmont, Jean de, 1877-1928

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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

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Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist and playwright. From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159680 From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84010646 French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to M. Cassin, 1831 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 759121359 French poet, novelist, dramatist. ...

Régnier, Henri de, 1864-1936

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French poet and critic. From the description of Manuscript essays, n.d. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 77780382 French poet, critic, and novelist. From the description of Commémoration de Émile Verhaeren. Discours de M. Henri de Régnier : autograph manuscript unsigned of a dedication speech : [n.p., 1920]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270616602 ...

Rousslot, Jean, 1915-

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Goncourt, Edmond de 1822-1896

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French author. From the description of Notes sur l'art japonais..., n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093289 French novelist and man-of-letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to "Mon cher Porel", "Mars 96." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577418 Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) was a French author, literary and art critic, and publisher. Léon Hennique (1851-1935) was a French novelist and playwright. From the ...

Campan, Mme (Jeanne-Louise-Henriette), 1752-1822

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Jeanne-Louise-Henriette Campan, born Henriette Genet, was a French educator, the companion of Marie Antoinette. She survived the Terror, and went on to become superintendent of an academy founded by Napoleon at Écouen for the education of the daughters and sisters of members of the Legion of Honor. From the guide to the Madame Campan manuscript material : 1 item, ca. 1825, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Jeanne-Louise-...

Milorad, poet.

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Cauda, Patrice

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Cayla, Robert, bookseller.

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Rollinat, Maurice, 1846-1903

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Delille, Jacques, 1738-1813

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Barrés, Maurice 1862-1923

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French author and politician, known for his fierce nationalism. From the description of Letter, 1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122645466 ...

Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945

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French poet and philosopher. From the description of Paul Valéry petition, circa 1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981247 Paul Valéry, French poet, essayist and critic. From the description of Paul Valéry collection, 1896-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78236502 From the description of Paul Valéry collection, 1896-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153343 Valéry was a French poet. From the guide to the Papers conce...

Becque, Henri François, 1837-1899.

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Morand, Paul, 1888-1976

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Feuillet, Octave, 1821-1890

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Tharaud, Jérôme, 1874-1953

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French author. From the description of Souvenirs sur Daniel Vierge (essay), n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80958677 Jérôme and Jean Tharaud were French writers and journalists, who received the Goncourt Prize in 1906; Frédéric Lefèvre was a French a journalist who published interviews with contemporary authors in a series entitled Une heure avec... From the description of Jérôme and Jean Tharaud papers, 1927-1949. (Harvard University). WorldCat record...

Guérin, Charles, 1873-1907

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Gozlan, Léon, 1803-1866

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Murger, Henri, 1822-1861

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Henri Murger was the author of Scènes de la vie de Bohème, the novel upon which Puccini's opera La Bohème is based. From the description of Autographed poem entitled, "La chanson de Mademoiselle Musette," ca. 1855-1856. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155887967 Epithet: writer of plays British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000356 French writer. Fr...

Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve, 1854-1934

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Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941

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Bergson was a leading French philosopher of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. From the description of [Calling card] / Henri Bergson. [late 19th cent. or early 20th cent.] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 166268388 1881-1883 professor of Philosophy, Lycée d’Angers; 1883-1888 Lycée de Clermont-Ferrand; 1888-1889 professor, Collège Rollin; 1889-1897 Lycée Henri IV; 1897-1900 professor, Ecole Normale Supérieure; 1900-1921 professor, the College of France;...

Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870

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Dumas, the French novelist. Jacques François Fromental Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy, was a French composer. From the description of [Letter, undated, to] M. Halévy / A. Dumas. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 225160848 His last, unfinished, historical romance. Never published in French in book form. From the description of Le comte de Moret : manuscript, [ca. 1869]. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612780552 French nov...

Goncourt, Jules de 1830-1870

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French novelist and man-of-letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris] to "Monsieur et ancien camarade", [1864] Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577442 ...

Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Monsieur Bourgeois, [1891] Oct. 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845062 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to [Victorien Sardou], 1887 July 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845048 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to an unidentified woman, [1884]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270845059 From the description of Autograph letter si...

Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

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Delteil, Joseph, 1894-1978

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Ponsard, François, 1814-1867

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Epithet: dramatic poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x000387 ...

Curel, François de, 1854-1928

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Verne, Jules, 1828-1905

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Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a series of bestselling adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1872). His novels, always well documented, are generally set in the second half of the 19th century, taking into a...

Colette, 1873-1954

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Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette. From the description of [Letter, postmarked 1935 mai 27, to Madame Madeleine Lindauer] / Colette. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 191100720 French novelist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : La Croix, to Marguerite Moreno, 1928 Jan. 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646192071 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Marguerite Moreno, [postm...

Sand, George, 1804-1876

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Bourget, Paul, 1852-1935

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Critic and author. From the description of Soir d'été : manuscript poem, 1891. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451155 ...

Masson, André, 1900-

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Lazare Hippolyte Sadi Carnot, 1865-1950?

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Béranger, Pierre-Jean de, 1780-1857

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French songwriter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : to an unidentified man, 1849 Apr. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 589113115 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Passy, to Juliette Gautier, 1849 Jan. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 589077793 Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780-1857) was a French songwriter and satirist. After Napoleon's fall, he composed songs and poems satirizing the restored Bourbon monarchy and its government, lea...