Paul Alexis

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Paul Cézanne : Paul Alexis reads to Émile Zola, 1869–1870, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo
Paul Alexis

Paul Alexis (born June 16, 1847 in Aix-en-Provence , Bouches-du-Rhône department , † July 28, 1901 in Levallois-Perret , Seine department ) was a French writer , playwright and journalist .

Life

After studying law in his hometown, Alexis went to Paris, where he became a close friend of Émile Zola and his family. In Paris he worked for several newspapers with articles, some anonymously. He wrote for the newspapers L'Avenir national , La Cloche , Le Cri du peuple , Gil Blas , Le Journal , and Le Voltaire , among others .

Act

Alexis wrote novels and short stories in a naturalistic style. This also applies to his plays, some of which he wrote with Oscar Méténier . Together with Émile Zola, he belonged to the group of six . The painting by Paul Cézanne was made in 1869/1870. Paul Alexis reads Zola aloud , which was privately owned in Switzerland in 2012 . Henry Céard referred to Paul Alexis as Zola's shadow .

Works

Novels and short stories:

  • La Fin de Lucie Pellegrin. L'Infortune de M. Fraque. Les Femmes du Père Lefèvre. Journal de M. Mure . Éditions Gervais Charpentier, Paris 1880.
  • Le collage . Editions Henry Kistemaeckers, Brussels, 1883.
  • Le Besoin d'aimer . Éditions Gervais Charpentier, Paris, 1885. (text also online)
  • Trente romans. Le Coeur. La Chair. L'Esprit . Éditions Charpentier, Paris 1885. (Text also online)
  • L'Éducation amoureuse , Éditions Charpentier, Paris 1890, (text also online).
  • Un amour platonique .Édition Librairie des publications, Paris 1886. (Text also online)
  • Madame Meuriot, mœrs parisiennes , Éditions Charpentier, Paris 1890. (text also online).
  • La Comtesse. Treize symboles. Quelques originaux . 1897.
  • Vallobra , Éditions Gervais Charpentier, Paris 1901. (Text also online).

Plays:

  • Celle Qu'on n'épouse pas. Comedy in one act. World premiere: Théâtre du Gymnase, September 8, 1879, Paris.
  • La Fin de Lucie Pellegrin. Piece in three acts. Premiere: Théâtre-Libre, June 15, 1888, Paris. Charpentier, 1888. (text also online)
  • with Oscar Méténier: Monsieur Betsy. Comedy in four acts. Premiere: Théâtre des Variétés, March 3, 1890, Paris. Charpentier, Paris.
  • with Oscar Méténier: Charles Demailly . Play in four acts based on Edmond and Jules de Goncourt , premiere: Théâtre du Gymnase, Paris, December 19, 1892.
  • with Giuseppe Giacosa : La provinciale. Premiere: Théâtre du Vaudeville, October 6, 1893.

Others:

  • Emile Zola: notes d'un ami. Avec des vers inédits de Émile Zola , Éditions Gervais Charpentier, Paris 1882.

literature

  • Naturalisme pas mort: Lettres inédites de Paul Alexis à Emile Zola, 1871–1900 . University of Toronto Press, Toronto 1971, ISBN 0-8020-5237-1 .
  • Katharina Schmidt: Exhibition catalog: Manet , Zola, Cézanne - the portrait of the modern writer. for the exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel . Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 1999, ISBN 3-7757-0823-5 .

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personal data
SURNAME Alexis, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French novelist, playwright and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1847
PLACE OF BIRTH Aix-en-Provence , Bouches-du-Rhône department, France
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1901
Place of death Levallois-Perret , Seine department , France