Armand d'Artois
Jules-François-Armand Dartois de Bournonville (born January 31, 1845 in Paris , † December 13, 1912 there ) was a French writer.
D'Artois studied law and then found a job at the Ministry of Public Education. In 1884 he was appointed librarian at the Bibliothèque Mazarine . He held this office until the end of his life.
Befriended François Coppée , he paved the way for him to meet other writers; u. a. Through Coppée he also got to know the publisher Alphonse Lemerre , who included some of his poems in the later famous anthology Le Parnasse contemporain .
Together with colleagues like Alexandre Dumas the Younger and Marie Emmanuel Théaulon de Lambert , d'Artois wrote several successful plays.
The writer died seven weeks before his 67th birthday. D'Artois found his final resting place in the Père Lachaise cemetery .
Works (selection)
- The Clénceau case. Play in 5 acts ("L'Affaire Clémenceau"). Reclam, Leipzig 1890 (together with Alexandre Dumas, the younger)
- La guerre de cent ans. Drame en 5 acts . 1872 (with François Coppée)
literature
- Albert de Bersaucourt : Au temps de Parnassiens . Paris 1922.
- André Thérive : Le Parnasse . Œuvres représentatives, Paris 1929.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Artois, Armand d ' |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dartois de Bournonville, Jules-François-Armand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 31, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 13, 1912 |
| Place of death | Paris |