Henri Duvernois
Henri Duvernois (actually: Henri Simon Schwabacher , born March 4, 1875 in Paris , † January 30, 1937 there ) was a French writer.
The son of a Hungarian diamond dealer and a Dutch woman began working as a secretary in the Bibliothèque Charpentier at the age of seventeen . As a journalist he then wrote for magazines such as Le Journal , Le Matin , Fémina , Comoedia , Candide and L'Illustration , where he soon published novels on a recommendation by Catulle Mendès .
His first great success as a writer was in 1908 with the novel Crapotte . In 1910 he married Margaretha Liebmann , who worked as a circus artist and actress under the name Rita del Erido .
He suffered an injury during World War I and then worked as a nurse at Villa Molière . There he met Guillaume Apollinaire , with whom he remained in contact by letter until his death. About his war experiences he published the novel Edgar in 1919 , which André Breton called one of the most surrealistic novels in the world.
In 1921 Sacha Guitry edited his novella Morte la Bête for the stage. As a result, successful one-act plays such as La Dame de Bronze et le Monsieur de cristal ou Seul were created in collaboration between the two . Since 1922 he became friends with the actress Gaby Morlay , for whom he adapted and produced his play Jeanne as a film.
Altogether, about twenty films were made between 1920 and 1950 based on his books. From the early 1930s he wrote several great novels, including the fantastic story L'Homme qui s'est retrouvé .
The also financially successful author owned a villa in Antibes, where fellow writers such as Marcel Proust , Jean Cocteau , Rachilde , Edmond Jaloux and Maurice Donnay , the actress Mistinguett , the singer Dranem , the painter Kees van Dongen and others were guests. He was honored as commander of the Legion of Honor and in 1933 received the Grand Prix de Littérature . In 1937 he died of a stomach ailment and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery next to Oscar Wilde and Georges Courteline .
Works
- Les Marchandes d'oubli , novella
- Fifinoiseau , novella
- Le Chien qui parle , novella
- La Lune de Fiel , novella
- Crapotte , Roman, 1908
- Edgar , Roman, 1919
- Morte la Bete
- La Dame de Bronze et le Monsieur de cristal ou Seul , Comedy
- Les Soeurs Hortensias , novel
- La Poule , novel
- A l'ombre d'une femme
- L'Homme qui s'est retrouvé , novel
Movies
- Faubourg Montmartre ( Charles Burguet ), 1924
- La dame de bronze et le monsieur de cristal ( Marcel Manchez ), 1929
- Faubourg Montmartre ( Raymond Bernard ), 1931
- Après l'amour ( When Love Is Over , Léonce Perret ), 1931
- Seul ( Jean Tarride ), 1932
- Dans les rues ( Victor Trivas ), 1933
- Jeanne ( Georges Marret ), 1934
- Le scandale ( Marcel L'Herbier ), 1934
- Les soeurs Hortensia ( René Guissart ), operetta, 1935
- Toi, c'est moi (René Guissart), operetta, 1936
- Après l'amour ( Maurice Tourneur ), 1931
- Maxime ( Henri Verneuil ), 1958
Operas and operettas
- Une revue , with Maurice Donnay , music: Reynaldo Hahn , world premiere 1926
- Le Temps d'aimer , musical comedy, with Hugues Delorme and Pierre Wolff , music: Reynaldo Hahn, world premiere in 1926
- Virginie , lyric comedy, music by Alfred Bruneau , premiered in 1931
- Malvina , operetta, with Maurice Donnay, music: Reynaldo Hahn, world premiere in 1935
Web links
- Henri Duvernois in theInternet Movie Database(English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duvernois, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schwabacher, Henri Simon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 30, 1937 |
| Place of death | Paris |