Auguste Maquet
Auguste Maquet (born September 13, 1813 in Paris , † January 8, 1888 there ) was a French writer and librettist .
Auguste Maquet studied at the Lycée Charlemagne and became professor of history there at the age of eighteen. He wrote some essays with Gérard de Nerval , who gave his play Soir de carnaval to Alexandre Dumas . He suggested a revision of the piece, which was successfully performed in 1839 under the title Bathilde .
Dumas was interested in the productive young writer and won him over to work on his own novel productions, which, however, always appeared under his name. Maquet was a co-author of well-known works such as The Count of Monte Christo , The Three Musketeers and The Man with the Iron Mask .
After the end of the collaboration with Dumas, Maquet also published works under his own name from the 1850s. With William Busnach he wrote the libretto for Isidore Legouix 's opera L'Ours et l'amateur de jardins (1869). In 1861 he was named an officer of the Legion of Honor.
Own works
- Bathilde ( Soir de Carnaval) , 1838
- Le Chevalier d'Harmental ( Bonhomme Buvat )
- La Belle Gabrielle , 1854–55
- Le Comte de Lavernie , 1854–55
Works as co-author of Dumas
- Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
- Les Trois Mousquetaires
- Vingt Ans après
- Le Vicomte de Bragelonne
- La Reine Margot
- La dame de Monsoreau
- Les Quarante-Cinq
- Mémoires d'un médecin: Joseph Balsamo
- Le collier de la reine
- Ange Pitou
- Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge
- Le Chevalier d'Harmental
- Une Fille du Régent
- La guerre des femmes
- Sylvandire (Beau Tancred)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maquet, Auguste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1888 |
| Place of death | Paris |