Paul Hervieu
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Paul Hervieu, full name Paul-Ernest Hervieu (2 November 1857 - 25 October 1915), French
dramatist and novelist, was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine
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He contributed novels, tales and essays to the chief Parisian papers and reviews, and published a series of clever novels, including L'Inconnue (1887), Flirt (1890), L'Exorcisée (1891), Peints par eux-mêmes (1893), an ironic study written in the form of letters, and L'Armature (1895), dramatized in 1905 by Eugène Brieux
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His plays are built upon a severely logical method, the mechanism of which is sometimes so evident as to destroy the necessary sense of illusion. The closing words of La Course du flambeau "Pour ma fille, j'ai tué ma mère" are an example of his selection of a plot representing an extreme theory. The riddle in L'Énigme (staged at Wyndham's Theatre, London, March 1, 1902, as Caesar's Wife) is, however, workedout with great art, and Le Dédale, dealing with the obstacles to the remarriage of a divorced woman, is reckoned among the masterpieces of the modern French stage. He was elected to the French Academy
in 1900.
Paul Hervieu died in 1915 and was interred in the Passy Cemetery in Paris.
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dramatist and novelist, was born at Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Although Neuilly is technically a suburb of Paris, it is immediately adjacent to the city and directly extends it. The area is composed of mostly wealthy, select residential...
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Biography
He was called to the bar in 1877, and, after serving some time in the office of the president of the council, he qualified for the diplomatic service, but resigned on his nomination in 1881 to a secretaryship in the French legation in MexicoMexico
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He contributed novels, tales and essays to the chief Parisian papers and reviews, and published a series of clever novels, including L'Inconnue (1887), Flirt (1890), L'Exorcisée (1891), Peints par eux-mêmes (1893), an ironic study written in the form of letters, and L'Armature (1895), dramatized in 1905 by Eugène Brieux
Eugène Brieux
Eugène Brieux , French dramatist, was born in Paris of poor parents.A one-act play, Bernard Palissy, written in collaboration with M...
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His plays are built upon a severely logical method, the mechanism of which is sometimes so evident as to destroy the necessary sense of illusion. The closing words of La Course du flambeau "Pour ma fille, j'ai tué ma mère" are an example of his selection of a plot representing an extreme theory. The riddle in L'Énigme (staged at Wyndham's Theatre, London, March 1, 1902, as Caesar's Wife) is, however, workedout with great art, and Le Dédale, dealing with the obstacles to the remarriage of a divorced woman, is reckoned among the masterpieces of the modern French stage. He was elected to the French Academy
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1900.
Paul Hervieu died in 1915 and was interred in the Passy Cemetery in Paris.