Émile Magne (29 July 1877 – 28 March 1953) was a French writer, critic, historian of literature and art.
Biography
Born in
Dax, Émile Magne attended the lycée of
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
, then was a student at the
Sorbonne
Sorbonne may refer to:
* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
. In 1898 he published a first study of documentation errors in the ''
Cyrano de Bergerac
Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac ( , ; 6 March 1619 – 28 July 1655) was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
A bold and innovative author, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th cen ...
'' by Edmond Rostand. He specialized in the history, mainly literary history, of the French 17th century.
A collaborator of the ''
Mercure de France
The was originally a French gazette and literary magazine first published in the 17th century, but after several incarnations has evolved as a publisher, and is now part of the Éditions Gallimard publishing group.
The gazette was published ...
'', he also published works on heritage and art.
Émile Male died in
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés aged 75.
Main publications
* ''Les Erreurs de documentation de Cyrano de Bergerac'', Paris, Revue de France, 1898.
* ''Le Cyrano de l'Histoire'', Paris, Dujarric, 1903.
* ''Bertran de Born'', Paris, Lechevalier, 1904.
* ''Scarron et son milieu'', Paris, Mercure de France, 1905.
* ''Madame de Villedieu'', Mercure de France, 1907.
* ''Madame de La Suze et la Société précieuse'', Mercure de France, 1908.
* ''L'Esthétique des villes'', Mercure de France, 1908.
* ''Le Plaisant Abbé de Boisrobert, fondateur de l'Académie française'', Paris, 1909.
* ''Madame de Châtillon'', Mercure de France, 1910.
* ''Voiture et les Origines de l'hôtel de Rambouillet'', Mercure de France, 1911.
* ''Gaultier-Garguille, comédien de l'hôtel de Bourgogne'', Paris, Louis-Michaud, 1911.
* ''Voiture et les Années de gloire de l'hôtel de Rambouillet'', Mercure de France, 1912.
* ''Les Femmes illustres : Ninon de Lenclos'', Paris, Nilson, 1912.
* ''Nicolas Poussin, premier peintre du roi'', Brussel, Van Oest, 1914.
* ''Jean de La Bruyère (1645-1696)'', Paris, Plon-Nourrit, 1914.
* ''Lettres inédites du Grand Condé et du duc d'Enghien à Marie-Louise de Gonzague, reine de Pologne, sur la cour de Louis XIV'', Paris, Émile Paul, 1920.
* ''Une amie inconnue de Molière'', Paris, Émile Paul, 1922.
* ''Le Vrai Visage de La Rochefoucauld'', Paris, Ollendorff, 1923.
* ''Madame de La Fayette en ménage'',
''Madame de La Fayette en ménage''
/ref> 1926.
* ''Le Cœur et l'Esprit de Madame de La Fayette'', Émile Paul, 1927
* ''Le Salon de Madeleine de Scudéry, ou le Royaume de Tendre'', Monaco, Imprimerie de Monaco, 1927.
* ''Bibliographie générale des œuvres de Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux et de Gilles et Jacques'', Paris, L. Giraud-Badin, 1929.
* ''Boileau. Documents inédits'', L. Giraud-Badin, 1929.
* ''Les Plaisirs et les Fêtes. Les fêtes en Europe au XVIIe siècle'', Paris, Rombaldi, 1930.
* ''Le Château de Saint-Cloud'', Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1932.
* ''Le Château de Marly'', Calmann-Lévy, illustrations by Charles_Émile_Egli[Carlègle_(album_for_children),_Calmann-Lévy,_1935.
*_''Naissance_de_l'Académie_française'',_Paris,_L'Illustration,_1935.
*_''Images_de_Paris_sous_Louis_XIV._Documents_inédits'',_Calmann-Lévy,_1939.
*_''La_Vie_quotidienne_au_temps_de_Louis_XIV'',_Paris,_Hachette,_1942.
__Distinctions_
*_Croix_de_guerre_1914–1918_(France).html" "title="arlègle.html" ;"title="Charles Émile Egli[Carlègle">Charles Émile Egli[Carlègle (album for children), Calmann-Lévy, 1935.
* ''Naissance de l'Académie française'', Paris, L'Illustration, 1935.
* ''Images de Paris sous Louis XIV. Documents inédits'', Calmann-Lévy, 1939.
* ''La Vie quotidienne au temps de Louis XIV'', Paris, Hachette, 1942.
Distinctions
* Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)">Croix de guerre 1914-1918
Croix (French for "cross") may refer to:
Belgium
* Croix-lez-Rouveroy, a village in municipality of Estinnes in the province of Hainaut
France
* Croix, Nord, in the Nord department
* Croix, Territoire de Belfort, in the Territoire de Belfort d ...
* Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (1920), officer (1927), then commandeur (1949)
* Laureate of the Académie française and the Société des gens de lettres