Félicien Champsaur (1858–1934) was a French novelist and journalist. Champsaur was born at

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, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. His first novel was the ''

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'' ''Dinah Samuel'' (1882), said to present portraits of poet

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and actress Sarah Bernhardt. He went on to publish many novels, collections of articles, and other works, including ''Miss America'' (1885), ''Entrée de clowns'' (1886), ''Parisiennes'' (1887), ''Les Bohémiens'' (1887), ''Lulu'' (1888), ''L'Amant des danseuses'' (1888), ''La Gomme'' (1889), and ''Poupée Japonaise'' (1912), ''Nora, la guenon devenue femme'' (1929), a parody loosely based on the career of American dancer Josephine Baker. He died in Paris. Arts Magazine - Volume 19 - Page 19 1944 - Felicien Champsaur was a descendant of Francois de Champsaur, Due de Lesdiguieres, Field-Marshall, and High Constable of France under Henri IV and Louis XVIII. Felicien dressed his hair and beard to look like his celebrated ancestor.

Works

*''Dinah Samuel'', Ollendorff, 1882,

; réédition Séguier, « Bibliothèque Décadente », 1999 *''Miss América'', Ollendorff, 1885, roman. *''Entrée de clowns'', Lévy, 1886, recueil de nouvelles. *''Parisiennes'', Lemerre, 1887, recueil de poèmes. *''Les Bohémiens'', Dentu, 1887, Ballet lyrique en 4 actes et 9 tableaux, illustré par Jules Chéret. *''Lulu'', Dentu, 1888, pantomime en un acte illustrée par Chéret, Gerbault, Morin. *''L’Amant des danseuses'', Dentu, 1888, roman, illustré par Jaquelux. *''Les Éreintés de la vie'', Dentu, 1888, pantomime en un acte illustrée par Gerbault. *''La Gomme'', Dentu, 1889, Pièces en trois actes illustrée par Chéret, Caran d’Ache, Gerbault. *''Le Mandarin'', Ollendorff, 1895-1896, trilogie romanesque (I : ''Marquisette'' - II : ''Un maître'' - III : ''L'Épouvante'') *''Régina Sandri'', Ollendorff, 1898, roman. *''La Faute des roses'', Fasquelle, 1899, roman. *''Nuit de fête'', Offenstadt Frères, S.d., roman. *''Poupée japonaise'', Fasquelle, 1900, roman. *''Lulu'', Fasquelle, 1900, roman clownesque illustré par (entre autres) Bac, Bourdelle, Bottini, Cappiello, Chalon, Chéret, Gerbault, Rops, Van Beers, Willette... *''Le semeur d’amour'', Fasquelle, 1902, roman Hindou. *''L’Orgie latine'', Fasquelle, 1903, roman antique illustré par

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; réédité en février 2013 chez Le Vampire Actif. *''L’Ingénue'', Douville, 1905, roman illustré par Maurice de Lambert. *''La Caravane en folie'', Fasquelle, 1912, roman « colonial » *''Le Bandeau'', Renaissance du livre, 1916, roman illustré par Raphael Kirchner. *''Les Ailes de l'homme'', Renaissance du livre, 1917. *''Ouha roi des singes, ''Fasquelle, 1922, roman *''Homo Deus'', Ferenczi, 1923, roman. *''Tuer les vieux. Jouir !'', Ferenczi, 1925, roman « vache ». *''Le Bandeau d’Éros'', Ferenczi, 1925, roman, illustré par Jaquelux. *''Le Chemin du désir'', Ferenczi, 1926, premier volet d’une trilogie romanesque. *''Le combat des sexes'', Ferenczi, 1927, second volet de la même trilogie. *''Les ordures ménagères'', Ferenczi, 1927, dernier volet. *''Jeunesse'', Ferenczi, 1927, illustré par Léonnec. *''Le Jazz des masques'', Ferenczi, 1928, roman. *''La Pharaonne'', Ferenczi, 1929, roman, illustré par Jaquelux. *''Nora, la guenon devenue femme'', Ferenczi, 1929, illustré par Endré, Jaquelux et Naillod. *''Le Crucifié'', Ferenczi, 1930, roman biblique. *''L'empereur des Pauvres, épopée spéciale en 6 volumes (1.Le Pauvre 2.Les Millions 3.Les Flambeaux 4.Les Crassiers 5.L'orage 6. Floreal)

Bibliography in English

*''The Human Arrow'' (2011) (''Les Ailes de l'Homme'', 1917; rev. 1927) translated by

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*''Ouha, King of the Apes'' (2012) (''Ouha, Roi des Singes'', 1923) translated by Brian Stableford *''Pharaoh's Wife'' (2013) (''La Pharaonne'', 1929) translated by Brian Stableford *''The Latin Orgy'' (2017) (''L'Orgie Latine'', 1903) translated by Brian Stableford ()

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