Paris
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– 17 May 1977,
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. S ...
), was a French writer, and
playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays.
Etymology
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, as well as an
art critic
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Roger-Marx, son of Roger Marx and Elisa Nathan (1859–1933), achieved his
baccalauréat
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in 1906, studied at the faculties of law and humanities of the
University of Paris
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, motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin)
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,''Inventaire du fonds d'archives de Claude ROGER-MARX (1888-1977)'' (French), biography by his grandchildren. and began to write poems and plays. In 1912 he married Florestine Caroline Nathan, who gave birth to their two children. (French) He published two novels, before he wrote
plays
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* Play (activity), an activity done for enjoyment
* Play (theatre), a work of drama
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Computers and technology
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.''Claude Roger-Marx'' (French) In 1927 he became a chevalier of the
Légion d'honneur
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. During
World War II
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, in February 1944 he lost his son, who was imprisoned by the
Gestapo
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The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one organi ...
. Roger-Marx, as a Jew, fled to
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...
in 1941, and in 1943 to
Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019. He was a great admirer of art, and became inspector of the Écoles des Beaux-Arts (''schools of fine arts''). He also was ''chroniqueur attitré'' of the '' Figaro'', especially the '' Figaro Littéraire'', its literary supplement, as well as of the ''
Revue de Paris
''Revue de Paris'' was a French literary magazine founded in 1829 by Louis-Désiré Véron. After two years Veron left the magazine to head the Paris Opera
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''. In 1956 he was made commander of the Légion d'honneur.
Works
; Novels
* ''Les Deux Amis'', novel, Albin Michel, 1921
* ''La Tragédie légère'', novel, Albin Michel, 1922
;Comedies
* ''Simili'', comedy in three acts, Stock, 1930
* ''Dimanche'', comedy in one act, Andrieu frères, 1934
* ''Biens oisifs'', comedy in one act, Stock, 1936
* ''Lecture'', comedy in one act, Stock, 1936
* ''La Pensionnaire'', comedy in three acts, Lejeune, 1936
* ''Réussite'', comedy in one act, Librairie théâtrale, 1936
* ''80 printemps, ou les Ardeurs de l'hiver'', comedy in one act, Lejeune, 1936
* ''Nino'', comedy in one act, Les Annales, 1937
* ''Marie ou la Manière douce'', comedy in three acts, Denoël, 1938
; Art historical works
* ''Graphic art fthe 19th century''
* '' Vuillard: His Life & Work'', Paul Elek 1946
* ''Les Lithographies de
Renoir
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'', André Sauret, Monte-Carlo, 1952
* ''
Degas
Edgar Degas (, ; born Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas, ; 19 July 183427 September 1917) was a French Impressionist artist famous for his pastel drawings and oil paintings.
Degas also produced bronze sculptures, prints and drawings. Degas is espec ...
: Dancers''
* ''
Delacroix Delacroix is a French surname that derives from ''de la Croix'' ("of the Cross").
It may refer to:
People
* Caroline Delacroix (1883–1945), French-Romanian mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
* Charles-François Delacroix (1741–1805), ...
(The Great Draughtsmen)''
* '' Dufy: At the races (The petite library of art)''
*'' Dunoyer De Segonzac'', 1951
* '' Daumier: Paintings''
* ''Les Lithographies de
Toulouse-Lautrec
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''
* ''La Gravure originale en France de
Manet
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à nos jours'' (''French Original Prints from Manet to the Present Time'')
* ''
Bonnard Bonnard is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Abel Bonnard (1883–1968), French poet, novelist and politician
* (18881959), Swiss scholar and translator of classical Greek
* Jean-Louis Bonnard (1824&ndas ...