Jules Claretie
Jules Claretie (actually Arsène Arnaud Claretie ; born December 3, 1840 in Limoges , Haute-Vienne , † December 23, 1913 in Paris ) was a French writer, theater critic, director and journalist.
Life
Claretie came to Paris and studied at the Lycée impérial Bonaparte . Subsequently, he got a job with the daily newspapers Le Figaro and Opinion Nationale as a theater critic. He later also worked for Le Soir and La Presse . During the Franco-Prussian War in 1870/71 he reported as a war correspondent . He took part in the events of the Paris Commune as a staff officer of the National Guard .
At Jules Grévy's request and with his support, Claretie was appointed director of the Comédie-Française in 1885 . As a journalist, Claretie already had to write plays, novels and some non-fiction books under various pseudonyms in addition to his job .
The Académie française appointed Claretie in 1888 to succeed the late Alfred-Auguste Cuvillier-Fleury on the 35 armchair .
Jules Claretie died in Paris on December 23, 1913, twenty days after his 73rd birthday. He found his final resting place in the cemetery of Père Lachaise (4th division); the tombstone was created by the sculptor Louis Patriarche (1872–1955).
Honors
- Commander of the Legion of Honor
- The rue Jules Claretie in Toulouse was named in his honor.
Works
- Biographies
- Molière . sa vie et son œuvre . Paris 1871.
- Camille Desmoulins . Etude sur les Dantonistes . Paris 1875.
- stories
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La cigarette . Paris 1906 (illustrated by Henri-Achille Zo).
- German: The cigarette and other stories . Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1890.
- Detective novels
- Un assasin . Paris 1866.
- Jean Mornas . Paris 1885.
- L'accusateur . Paris 1885.
- L'obsession . Paris 1905.
- Novels
- Le million . Paris 1882.
- Le prince Zilah . Paris 1884.
- Monsieur le ministre . Paris 1883.
- Candidat . Paris 1887.
- Non-fiction
- Histoire de la Révolution de 1870-1871 . Bureaux de l'Eclipse, Paris 1872 (5 volumes).
- Cinq ans après. L'Alsace et la Lorraine depuis l'annexion . Paris 1876 '.
- Les Prussiens chez eux . Paris 1875.
- Le champ de bataille de Sedan . Paris 1871.
- Plays
- Eliza Mercœur . Paris 1864.
- Le dernier maiser . Paris 1864.
- Les muscadins . Paris 1874.
- Le régiment de champagne . Paris 1877.
- Work edition
- Oeuvres completes . Paris 1874 (6 vols.).
Individual evidence
- ↑ u. a. Jules Clarty, Arthur Byl and Olivier de Jalin. Together with his colleague Charles-Edmond (1822-1899) he used the collective pseudonym Jules Tibyl .
Web links
- Literature by and about Jules Claretie in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and list of works of the Académie française (French)
- Dans la bibliothèque de Jules Clarètie in: Mercure de France of February 16, 1918, pp. 763-765.
- Jules Claretie at Cimetières de France et d'ailleurs .
- Works by Jules Claretie in the Gutenberg-DE project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Claretie, Jules |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Claretie, Arsène Arnaud (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French writer, theater critic, director and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Limoges |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1913 |
| Place of death | Paris |