Jean Richepin
Jean Richepin (born February 4, 1849 in Médéa , Algeria, † December 12, 1926 in Paris ) was a French writer , playwright and poet .
Life
Due to the profession of his father, a military doctor, Richepin was born in the Algerian Médéa (also Lemdiyya). The Richepin family originally came from Hirson in Thiérache . In Douai , also in northern France , he attended school and then switched to the École normal supérieure . He completed his literary studies in 1870. In the Franco-Prussian War , Richepin served as a sniper under General Charles Denis Bourbaki .
That of the revolutionary ideas Jules Vallès enthusiastic Richepin joined in 1871 in Paris the poet circle Cercle des poètes Zutiques to Charles Cros , Paul Verlaine , Arthur Rimbaud and Léon Valade on. He worked with them on the album Zutique , a collection of 24 mostly crude and obscene parody verses. The following four years of life in his biography are unclear, which Richepin could also have invented to underpin his daredevil and to exaggerate his masculinity. Afterwards, after a stopover with the family now living in Nancy , he traveled from Burgundy with gypsies to Italy. In Naples and later in Bordeaux , he is said to have worked as a dock worker and also as a sailor. During this time, journalistic articles such as Mot d'Ordre , Au Corsaire and La Vérité appeared . Together with the caricaturist André Gill (1840–1885), his first play appeared in 1873 with L'Étoile . In 1875 Richepin returned to Paris and settled in the Latin Quarter . Here he frequented the artist's bars and met the writers Raoul Ponchon , Maurice Rollinat , Paul Bourget and Léon Bloy .
Richepin became famous in 1876 with the Chanson des gueux assembly , which was banned from publication due to its coarseness. Richepin was imprisoned on short notice and had to pay a fine of 500 francs for outrage aux mœurs (insulting morals). His following verses Les Caresses , Les Blasphèmes , La Mer , Mes paradis and La Bombarde were written with a similar directness .
His novels Les morts bizarres , La Glu and Le Pavé are characterized by brutality and morbidity. Later works such as Madame André , Sophie Monnier , Cisarine , L'Aîné , Grandes amoureuses and La Gibasse show a well thought-out psychology. Simpler biography can be found in Miarka , Les Braves im Gens , Truandailles , La Miseloque and in Flamboche . The latter served César Cui as a template for his opera of the same name.
Richepin had great success with his plays, many of which were performed at the Comédie-Française . In 1883 his play Nana Sahib with Sarah Bernhardt in the leading role premiered here. In 1897 his play Le chemineau also met with great acclaim.
Works (selection)
Poems
- La Chanson des gueux Paris 1876, new edition Paris 1990 ISBN 2-7291-0463-1
- Les Caresses Paris 1877
- Les blasphèmes Paris 1884
- La Mer Paris 1886/1980
- Mes Paradis Paris 1894
- La Bombarde: contes à chanter Paris 1899
- Les Glas 1922
- Interludes 1923
- Les petits gagne-pain parisiens 1927
Novels
- Madame André Paris 1878
- La Glu Paris 1881/2001 ISBN 2-911835-08-5 German Madame Vogelleim by Armin Schwarz Budapest 1882
- Quatre petits romans: Soeur Doctrouvé; Monsieur Destrémeaux; Une histoire de l'autre monde; Les débuts de César Borgia Paris 1882
- Miarka: la fille à l'ourse Paris 1883
- Braves Gens Paris 1886
- Cesarine Paris 1888 German by JCC Bruns, Minden 1903
- Le Cadet 1890
- L'Aimé 1893
- Flamboche Paris 1895
- Lagibasse: roman magique Paris 1900
- L'Aile 1911
stories
- Les morts bizarres Paris 1877/1981 ISBN 2-7304-0082-6
- Le Pavé, croquis parisiens 1883
- Truandailles 1890
- Cauchemars 1892
- La Miseloque 1893
- Les Grandes Amoureuses 1896
- Contes de la décadence romaine Paris 1898/1993 ISBN 2-84049-023-4
- Paysages et coin de rue 1900
- Contes Espagnols 1901
- Prose de guerre 1915
- La Clique 1917
- Le coin des fous new edition Paris 1996 ISBN 2-8404-9110-9
- Contes sans morale 1922
Plays
- La Glu Paris 1883
- Pierrot assassin Paris 1883
- Nana Sahib Paris 1883
- Macbeth Paris 1884th
- Monsieur Scapin Paris 1886
- Le Flibustier Paris 1888
- Le Mage (Opera) Text by Jean Richepin, music by Jules Massenet Paris 1891
- Par le glaive Paris, Comédie-Française 1892
- Le Chemineau Paris, Arles 1897/1996 ISBN 2-7427-0727-1
- La Martyre Paris 1898.
- La Gitane Paris 1900.
- L'Impératrice (Ballet), (Ballet) text by Jean Richepin, music by Paul Vidal , Paris 1901
- Don Quixote Paris 1905
- Miarka (musical drama) Text by Jean Richepin, music by Alexandre Georges , Paris 1905
- La Belle au bois dormant with Henri Cain Paris 1907
- La Beffa Paris 1910
literature
- Howard Sutton: The life and work of Jean Richepin Geneva 1961
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean Richepin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Richepin, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, playwright and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Médéa |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1926 |
| Place of death | Paris |