Alfred Masson-Forestier (1852–1912) was a
French
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writer, born at
Le Havre. He studied law and from 1884 to 1899 practiced his profession at
Rouen
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. After 1899 Masson-Fortier settled in
Paris and devoted all his time to literature, contributing to the ''
Revue des Deux Mondes
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'', ''Le Temps'', ''La Revue'', etc. His stories, usually short and sober in content, are reminiscent of
Mérimée and
Maupassant. He wrote:
* ''Difficile devoir'' (1879)
* ''Pour une signature, etc.'' (1892)
* ''La Jambe coupée, etc.'' (1894)
* ''Remords d'avocat'' (1896), crowned by the
Académie française
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* ''Angoisses de juge, etc.'' (1898)
* ''Une flambée d'amour'' (1900)
* ''À méme la vie'' (1901)
* ''L'Attaque nocturne'' (1903)
His dramas were:
* ''Médecin de campagne'' (1901)
* ''Attaque nocturne'' (1905), with
André de Lorde
* ''Baraterie'' (1905)
* ''Le Droit du père'' (1907), with Auguste Monnier
The last years of his life were spent in a study of
Racine and he published in 1911 ''Autour d'un Racine ignoré''.
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1852 births
1912 deaths
20th-century French dramatists and playwrights
French male short story writers
19th-century French short story writers
19th-century French male writers
20th-century French short story writers
20th-century French male writers
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