Alfred Assolant
Jean Baptiste Alfred Assolant (born March 20, 1827 in Aubusson , † March 3, 1886 in Paris ) was a French writer.
Life
Alfred Assolant worked as a teacher in Paris and other cities for a number of years from 1847, then turned to North America in search of a freer existence , but soon returned to Paris disappointed and published here under the title: Scènes de la vie des États- Unis (1859) several novellas , which caused a general sensation due to the liveliness of the presentation and local color.
New novels and stories appeared in quick succession , in which, of course, a certain indifference to order and symmetry, as well as a preference for paradoxical assertions and eccentric intellectual leaps became increasingly apparent.
He entered as a political writer, more and more bitter, especially in the organs of the commune Party on, as he also his hatred of Germany ( Le docteur Judas son used to make air at every opportunity).
Works (selection)
Fiction
- Scènes de la vie des États-Unis, Acacia, les butterfly, une fantasie américaine , Paris 1859
- Brancas Paris 1859
- Deux amis en 1792 , Paris 1859 (German: Two friends in 1792 , 1863)
- Histoire fantastique du célèbre Pierrot écrite par le magicien Alcofribas , 1860
- Les aventures de Karl Brunner , Paris 1860
- Marcomir, histoire d'un étudiant: Roman , Paris 1862.
- Aventures merveilleuses mais authentiques du capitaine Corcoran , Paris 1867 (German: The wonderful but true adventures of Captain Corcoran )
- François Bûchamor: récits de la vieille France , Paris 1872
- Rachel, histoire joyeuse , Paris 1874
- La croix des prêches , Paris 1877
- Pendragon , Paris 1881
Political publications
- D'heure en heure Paris 1862
- Vérité! Vérité! , Paris 1863
- Pensées miscellaneous, impressions intimes, opinions et paradoxes de Cadet-Borniche: sonneur de cloches de la cathédrale de Felletin (Creuse) sur la poésie, la gymnastique, l'athétique, la physique, la métaphysique et l'hyperphysique et les sciences adjacentes et sous-jacentes , Paris 1864.
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Assolant in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Assolant, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Assolant, Jean Baptiste Alfred (full name); Asolant, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aubusson |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 3, 1886 |
| Place of death | Paris |