Joseph Méry
Joseph Méry (born January 21, 1798 in Marseille , † June 17, 1866 in Paris ) was a French poet .
Life
Méry came to Paris in 1824, where he edited the famous political satires with Auguste-Marseille Barthélemy , worked on the satirical weekly Nemesis in 1831 , and then traveled to Italy and England.
A clever man, imaginative and well-read, Méry was one of the chief ornaments of the fine circles; his form and style aroused general admiration.
Of his own poems, Napoléon en Italie (1859) and many occasional poems should be mentioned. His novels have found a large readership; the most well-known are:
- Scènes de la vie italienne (1837)
- Les nuits de Londres (1840, 2 vol.)
- Un amour dans l'avenir (1841, 2 vol.)
- Héva (1843)
- The Nouvelles nouvelles collection (1853)
Of his plays, the comedies should be highlighted:
- L'univers et la maison (1846)
- Le club des femmes (1848)
- Une veuve inconsolabie (1850)
- L'essai du mariage (1855)
- Les deux Frontins (1858)
- La fiancée aux millions (1864)
Various plays:
- La battaille de Toulouse , basis for Giuseppe Verdi's opera La battaglia di Legnano
- Le chariot d'enfant
- Gusman le brave
Libretti:
- L'imagier de Harlem
- Herculanum
- Joan of Arc and two volumes of Salon Pieces ( Théâtre de salon , 1861 and 1865).
He also wrote a number of smaller writings, fantasies, chats, erotic poems, etc. Together with Amédée Achard and Laurent-Jan , he wrote the feature articles Lettres parisiennes for the newspaper L'Epoque from 1845 under the pseudonym Grimm .
Web links
- Works by and about Joseph Méry in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Joseph Méry in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stéphane Vachon: Balzac , p. 483
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Méry, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1798 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 17, 1866 |
| Place of death | Paris |