Adolphe Alphonse Favre (1 May 1808 – 15 January 1886) was a 19th-century French playwright, journalist,

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

and

novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...

. Chief editor of the satirical newspaper la ''Revue parisienne'' (1851), he was one of the promoters of the

retour des cendres The ''retour des cendres'' (literally "return of the ashes", though "ashes" is used here as meaning his mortal remains, as he was not cremated) was the return of the mortal remains of Napoleon I of France from the island of Saint Helena to Fran ...

Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...

, which he asked King Louis-Philippe in his pamphlet ''L’Homme du rivage ou l’illustre tombeau''. He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (67th division).

Works

*1844: ''Faisons-nous belle'', boléro, music by

Oscar Comettant Oscar Comettant (18 April 1819 – 24 January 1898) was a 19th-century French composer, musicologist and traveller. Biography Commettant studied the piano and musical composition at the Conservatoire de Paris (1839–1843) and made a long tour ...

*1852: ''L'Amour d'un Ange'', poetry *1855: ''Le Carrefour de la Croix'', novel, 2 vols. *1856: ''L'Amour et l'argent'', novel, 2 vols. *1859: ''Le Capitaine des archers'', novel *1859: ''L’Œuvre du démon'', novel *1861: ''La Chasse à ma femme'', one-act comédie en vaudeville, with Adolphe Stel *1861: ''Les Portraits-cartes'', one-act comédie en vaudeville, with

Paul Faulquemont Pierre-Charles Lamarle also known as Paul Faulquemont or Paul de Faulquemont (Metz, 14 October 1805 (22 vendémiaire an XIV – 19th arrondissement of Paris, 15 Decembre 1872) was a 19th-century French playwright and journalist. Biography It ...

*1863: ''L’Orfèvre du Pont au Change : ou Paris en 1480'', five-act drama, with Faulquemont *1864: ''Les Métamorphoses de Bougival'', one-act comédie en vaudeville with Stel *1865: ''La Coupe Maudite'', novel *1866: ''La Porte Saint-Denis (1672)'', five-act drama, with Auguste Villiers *1867: ''Nouvelles de Adolphe Favre'', volume 1 : includes ''Le Bracelet de corail'', ''Le Secret du cœur'', ''Le Mariage au jardin'', ''Le Doigt de Dieu'', ''L'Anneau d'or'', ''Monsieur Landroux'' *1867: ''L'Enlèvement au Bouquet'', one-act comedy, with Stel *1868: ''Nouvelles de Adolphe Favre'', volume 2, includes ''Maître Guillaume'', ''L'Épingle d'or'', ''Le Cœur d'une paysanne'', ''Le Pan de la robe'', ''Le Bouquet de violettes'' *1868: ''Les Cendres de Napoléon et le Sénat'' *1881: ''Comment meurent les femmes'', novel *undated: ''Un Martyr de la victoire'', five-act drama, with Faulquemont

Bibliography

* J. F. Vaudin, ''Gazetiers et gazettes: histoire critique et anecdotique de la Presse parisienne'', vol.1, 1860, (p. 138-139) * Hippolyte Verly, ''Essai de biographie lilloise contemporaine, 1800-1869'', 1869, (p. 91) *

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', vol.1, 1870, (p. 658) *

Robert Sabatier Robert Sabatier (17 August 1923 – 28 June 2012) was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems. He was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1971, as well as to the Académie Mallarme. He ...

, ''Histoire de la poésie française'' (XIXe siècle), 1977, (p. 12-13)

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