Hippolyte Auger

Hippolyte Auger (born May 25, 1797 in Auxerre , Yonne department , † January 5, 1881 in Menton , Alpes-Maritimes department ) was a French novelist and theater poet.

Auger wrote many of his works under the pseudonyms : A. Saint-Hippolyte and Gérau .

Hippolyte Auger died at the age of 83 on January 5, 1881 in Menton, where he found his final resting place.

reception

Auger's most important work is his five-volume story about the development of the theater landscape in Paris, “La physiologie du théâtre”, which he was able to publish between 1839 and 1840. His plays and novels were more devoted to the zeitgeist and then soon disappeared again.

Works (selection)

as translator

Nikolai Michailowitsch Karamsin : Marpha, ou Novgorod conquise (Edition Corvey). Belser Wissenschaftl. Dienst, Wildberg 1990, ISBN 3-628-58477-9 (reprint of the Paris 1818 edition, microfiche edition).

as an author

Boris, Nouvelle (Edition Corvey). Belser Wissenschaftl. Dienst, Wildberg 1990, ISBN 3-628-57623-7 (reprint of the Paris 1819 edition, microfiche edition).
Ivan VI., Ou la forteresse de Schlüsselelbourg (Edition Corvey). Belser Wissenschaftl. Dienst, Wildberg 1990, ISBN 3-628-57542-7 (reprint of the Paris 1819 edition, microfiche edition).
Rienzi . (Corvey edition). Belser Wissenschaftl. Dienst, Wildberg 1990, ISBN 3-628-57537-0 (reprint of the Paris 1820 edition, microfiche edition).
Gabriel Vénance, histoire écrite par lui-même . (Corvey edition). Belser Wissenschaftl. Dienst, Wildberg 1990, ISBN 3-628-57538-9 (reprint of the Paris 1818 edition, microfiche edition).
Priestly list about everything or the Republicans, Macchiavell and the Pope's son (“Le Prince de Machiavel, ou la Romagne en 1502”). Literary Museum, Leipzig 1835.
Morals . (Corvey edition). Belser Wissenschaftl. Dienst, Wildberg 1990, ISBN 3-628-57623-7 (reprint of the Paris 1834 edition, microfiche edition).
La femme du monde et la femme artiste . A. Dupont, Paris 1837.
Tout pour de l'or . A. Dupont, Paris 1839.
Avdotia, roman russian . 1846.
Un roman sans titre . Pétion, Paris 1846.
Marcel, ou l'intérieur d'un ménage. Drame en 4 acts . Paris 1838 (premiere on February 7, 1838 at the Théâtre de la Gaîté ).
Mademoiselle Bernard , ou l'autorité paternelle comédie-vaudeville en un acte . Paris 1838.
La folle. Drame en 3 acts . Paris 1836 (together with Louis Desnoyers ; premiere on Jan. 26, 1836 at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique ).
Pauvre Mère. Drame en 5 acts . Librairie belge-française, Paris 1837 (together with Francis Cornu ; premiere, November 11, 1837, Théâtre de la Gaîté).

Essai historique sur la Republique de San-Marino . Analisi Trend, Bologna 1987 (reprint of the Paris 1827 edition).
Physiologie du théâtre . Meline, Cans, Bruxelles 1840.
Théatre de Beaumarchais . Firmin Didot, Paris 1842.

literature

Paul Cottin (Ed.): Mémoires d'Auger (1810-1859) . Bureaux de la “Revue rétrospective”, Paris 1891.

Web links

Literature by and about Hippolyte Auger in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Auger, Hippolyte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French novelist and theater poet, literary historian
DATE OF BIRTH	May 25, 1797
PLACE OF BIRTH	Auxerre
DATE OF DEATH	January 5, 1881
Place of death	Menton