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Paul Ginisty
Paul Ginisty (4 April 1855 – 5 March 1932) was a French writer, columnist and journalist. A regular columnist at ''Gil Blas'', he met Guy de Maupassant who would dedicate him his short story '. From 1896 to 1906, he was theatre manager for the Théâtre de l'Odéon, then became an inspector of monuments historiques.Volume ''Maupassant, contes et nouvelles'', page 1450, Bibliothèque de la Pléiade. Selected bibliography *1881: ''Les Idylles parisiennes'',text onlineat Gallica). *1883: ''Les Rastaquouères : études parisiennes'',text onlineat Gallica). *1884: ''L'Amour à trois'', foreword by Guy de Maupassant. *1884: ''La Seconde Nuit, roman bouffe'',text onlineat Gallica). *1888: ''Le Dieu bibelot'', publisher A-Dupret *1901: ''La Marquise de Sade'' *1903: ''Vers la bonté'', frontispice et fleurons by , hors-texte de Paul Steck, Paris, Joanin & Cie *1907: ''Mémoires d'un danseuse de corde : Mme Saqui (1786-1866)'',text onlineat Gallica). *1914: ''Mémoires et souven ...
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Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, fashion, gastronomy, and science. For its leading role in the arts and sciences, as well as its very early system of street lighting, in the 19th century it became known as "the City of Light". Like London, prior to the Second World War, it was also sometimes called the capital of the world. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an estimated population of 12,262,544 in 2019, or about 19% of the population of France, making the region France's primate city. The Paris Region had a GDP of €739 billion ($743 billion) in 2019, which is the highest in Europe. According to the Economist Intelli ...
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Bibliothèque Nationale De France
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (, 'National Library of France'; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites known respectively as ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum (formerly known as the ) on the Richelieu site. The National Library of France is a public establishment under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture. Its mission is to constitute collections, especially the copies of works published in France that must, by law, be deposited there, conserve them, and make them available to the public. It produces a reference catalogue, cooperates with other national and international establishments, and participates in research programs. History The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at t ...
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French Theatre Managers And Producers
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French Male Journalists
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19th-century French Journalists
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1932 Deaths
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ...
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1855 Births
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Writers From Paris
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Eugène Sue
Marie-Joseph "Eugène" Sue (; 26 January 18043 August 1857) was a French novelist. He was one of several authors who popularized the genre of the serial novel in France with his very popular and widely imitated ''The Mysteries of Paris'', which was published in a newspaper from 1842 to 1843. Francis Amery. "Sue, "Eugène", in Pringle, David. 1998. ''St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers''. Detroit, MI: St. James Press (pp. 680–681). . Early life Sue was born in Paris, France. He was the son of a distinguished surgeon in Napoleon's army, Jean-Joseph Sue, and had Empress Joséphine as his godmother. Sue himself acted as surgeon both in the 1823 French campaign in Spain and at the Battle of Navarino in 1827. In 1829 his father's death put him in possession of a considerable fortune, and he settled in Paris. Literary career Sue's naval experiences supplied much of the material for his first novels, ''Kernock le pirate'' (1830), ''Atar-Gull'' (1831), ''La Salamand ...
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Gil Blas (periodical)
''Gil Blas'' (or ''Le Gil Blas'') was a Parisian literary periodical named for Alain-René Lesage's novel ''Gil Blas''. It was founded by the sculptor Augustin-Alexandre Dumont in November 1879. ''Gil Blas'' serialized novels, such as Émile Zola's '' Germinal'' (1884) and ''L'Œuvre'' (1885), before they appeared in book form. Numerous Guy de Maupassant short stories debuted in ''Gil Blas''. The journal was also known for its opinionated arts and theatre criticism. Contributors included René Blum, Alexandru Bogdan-Pitești, and Abel Hermant. Théophile Steinlen and Albert Guillaume provided illustrations. ''Gil Blas'' was published regularly until 1914, when there was a short hiatus due to the outbreak of World War I. Afterwards, it was published intermittently until 1938."Gil Blas,"