Pierre Zaccone

Pierre Zaccone

Pierre Zaccone (born April 2, 1817 in Douai , † 1895 in Morlaix ) was a French novelist .

biography

Raised as the son of an officer among soldiers' children, then worked as a post office clerk in Brittany and Paris , Zaccone began his writing career with novellas and as an unnamed collaborator on novels and plays, until his texts gradually appeared under the aegis of Paul Féval in the feature pages of the penetrated major newspapers and made himself known there through tense novels. Zaccone was the permanent secretary of the Paris Writers' Society for a long time.

Works

• Époque historique de la Bretagne , 1845
• Histoire des sociétés secrètes, politiques et religieuses , 1847
• Les Ouvriers de Paris et les ouvriers de Londres , together with Paul Féval, 2 volumes, 1850
• Éric le Mendiant 1853, ed.Boisgrad
• Le Roi de la Basoche , 2 volumes, 1853
• Le Drame des catacombes , 1854
• Le Vieux Paris , 1855
• Le Fils du ciel , 1857
• Les Zouaves , 1859
• Les Mystères de Bicêtre , 1864
• Les Aventuriers de Paris , 1878
• Histoire des bagnes , 1876
• Une Haine du bagne , 1880
• Les Compagnons noirs , 1880, ed. Calman-Lévy
• Les Mansardes de Paris , 1880
• Les Drames de la bourse , 1882
• L'Enfant du pavé , 1888
• Seuls , 1891
• La Recluse , 1882, ed. Calman-Lévy
• Les Nuits de Paris

literature

• Zaccone, Pierre. In: Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon . A reference book of general knowledge. 4th edition. 20 vols. Leipzig a. Vienna, Bibliographical Institute, 1888–1890, Volume 16, 812.