Max O'Rell
Max O'Rell was the stage name of Léon Paul Blouet (born March 2, 1847 , † May 25, 1903 in Paris ), a French author and journalist .
The from the Brittany native O'Rell served in the Franco-German War as a cavalry - officer and was in Sedan captured. However, he was released in time to join the Versailles army, which overpowered the Paris Commune . He was seriously injured during the siege of Paris .
In 1872 O'Rell moved to England , where he worked as a foreign correspondent for various French newspapers. From 1876 to 1884 he was employed as a French teacher at St Paul's School in London .
The overwhelming success of his first book, John Bull et son île , which was so widespread in English and translated in the French-speaking world that his pseudonym became known practically throughout England and America, finally prompted O'Rell to leave St Paul's School.
Several other volumes with similar content followed. From 1874 he was married to an Englishwoman who translated his books. His main activity between the years 1890 and 1900 consisted of lectures. Max O'Rell was considered a quick-witted and amusing speaker, his casual and humorous manner earned him a lot of sympathy in his environment. He has lectured often in the UK and more often in the US .
O'Rell died in Paris in May 1903 , where he worked as a correspondent for the New York Journal American .
Works
- John Bull And His Island
- John Bull's Womankind (1884)
- John Bull & Co
- A Frenchman In America (1891)
- Jonathan And His Continent: Rambles Through American Society (1899)
- Woman And Artist (1900)
- Her Royal Highness Woman (1901)
- Between Ourselves: Some Of The Little Problems In Life (1902)
- Rambles In Womanland (1903)
- The Dear Neighbors!
- Drat The Boys; or, Recollections Of An Ex-Frenchmaster ...
- Translated from English
- Her Royal Highness the Woman , (Leipzig 1925)
- Brother Jonathan and his country , (Stuttgart 1889)
literature
- Jana Verhoeven: Jovial Bigotry: Max O'Rell and the Transnational Debate over Manners and Morals in 19th Century France, Britain and the United States , Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle 2012
- Jana Verhoeven, Jean-Luc Leservoisier: Max O'Rell (1847-1903) - “Auteur Humoriste et homme de lettres célèbre ne à Avranches.” , In: La Revue de l'Avranchin et du Mortainais (June 2010), pp. 221-35
- Martin Hewitt: Max O'Rell and the performance of Frenchness on the late nineteenth-century Anglo-American Lecture Platform , In: Regards des Anglo-Saxons sur La France au cours du long Dix-Neuvième Siècle , Cahiers du CICC (22), L'Harmattan, Paris, France, ISBN 978-2-296-06628-1 , pp. 147-180
Web links
- Literature by and about Max O'Rell in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author and book info - Léon Paul Blouet (written as: Max O'Rell )
- Texas Archival Resources Online - Guide to the Paul Blouet correspondence, 1885-1903
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | O'Rell, Max |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Blouet, Léon Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1847 |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1903 |
| Place of death | Paris |