Paschal Grousset
Paschal Grousset (pseudonyms: Philippe Daryl , André Laurie , Tiburce Moray , Léopold Virey and others) (born April 7, 1844 in Corte on Corsica ; † April 9, 1909 in Paris ) was a French politician, journalist and writer. He was involved in the scandal surrounding the death of Victor Noir in 1870 and was a leading member of the Paris Commune in 1871 . After returning from exile, he distinguished himself as a writer of science fiction stories and as a promoter of sports education. In recent years he has been a Socialist MP.
Life
He studied medicine but worked as a journalist. During the Second Empire he wrote as a journalist for Le Figaro, among others . In 1869 he became one of the editors of the republican magazine Marseillaise. For them he wrote anti-religious articles and advocated the revolution. He got into a quarrel with Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte and a duel was to take place. When his two seconds reached the prince, there was a scuffle and Bonaparte shot Victor Noir in self-defense. There was a spectacular trial of the prince, but Grousset was also arrested.
After the proclamation of the republic, he published various magazines. In 1871 he became a member of the second executive committee of the Paris Commune . As such he was responsible for external relations. He tried in vain to get the Commune recognized by diplomats in Paris. He also turned to the larger French cities with requests for weapons to be delivered to Paris, which was besieged by the Germans. Contact with the outside world was maintained through hot air balloons and carrier pigeons. After the defeat of the Commune, he was exiled to New Caledonia in 1872 . From there he was able to flee to Australia with others in 1874 . He lived intermittently in Sydney , San Francisco , New York and London . Among other things, he earned his living with language lessons.
After the amnesty of 1881 he returned to France. He published writings under numerous pseudonyms. During his time in exile, he began to write stories, some for young people, that can be assigned to the genre of science fiction. He mostly used the pseudonym André Laurie for this. He worked closely with Jules Verne on the book The 500 Million of Begum and several other works . Grousset provided the first drafts, which Verne then revised for publication. Later he wrote similar works alone. This includes Le exile de la Terre (1887). In it he tells how a gigantic magnet moves the moon out of its orbit and into the earth's atmosphere. More stories followed.
He also campaigned for the introduction of physical education in French schools. He founded a nationwide association to propagate the idea. Grousset called for the introduction of (French) Olympic Games as early as 1888 .
Between 1898 and 1909 he was a socialist member of the National Assembly for a Paris constituency. Grousset published a number of writings on behalf of Alfred Dreyfus .
Fonts (selection)
- as André Laurie: A novel on the planet Mars. Verlag Lindenstruth, Giessen 2013, ISBN 978-3-934273-73-3 .
- André Laurie; Jules Verne: The foundling from Cynthia . (Translation by Gerd Frank). Jules Verne Club, Bremerhaven 2017.
literature
- Xavier Noël: Paschal Grousset - De la Commune de Paris à la Chambre des députés, de Jules Verne à l'olympisme . Liège 2010. ISBN 978-2-87449-087-3
- William J. Robert: France: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present. New York 2004, p. 317.
- Thomas March: History of the Paris Commune of 1871. London 1896.
- Martin Kött: The interview in the French press. Tübingen 2004, p. 153.
Web links
- Literature by and about Paschal Grousset in the catalog of the German National Library
- André Laurie in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Works by and about Paschal Grousset at Open Library
- Works by and about André Laurie at Open Library
- Works as a science fiction author
- Digitized fonts (on gallica.bnf.fr)
Individual evidence
- ^ Report of the New York Times of March 30, 1874
- ^ Brian M. Stableford : Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction Literature. Oxford 2004, p. 194.
- ↑ Christopher E. Forth: The Dreyfus Affair And the Crisis of French Manhood. Baltimore, 2004, p. 206.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grousset, Paschal |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Daryl, Philippe (pseudonym); Laurie, André (pseudonym); Moray, Tiburce (pseudonym); Virey, Léopold (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French author and politician, member of the National Assembly |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Corte |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1909 |
| Place of death | Paris |