Henri Léon Emile Lavedan (9 April 1859 – 4 September 1940), French

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and man of letters, was born at

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
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journalist. Lavedan contributed to various Parisian papers a series of witty tales and dialogues of Parisian life, many of which were collected in volume form. In 1891 he produced at the Théâtre Français ''Une Famille'', followed at the

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in 1894 by ''Le Prince d'Aurec'', a satire on the nobility, afterward renamed ''Les Descendants''. He had a great success with ''Le Duel'' (

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1905), a powerful psychological study of the relations of two brothers, which was turned into a movie--'' The Duel''—on which he was a co-writer. It was translated into English by Louis N. Parker and performed in New York in 1906 at the

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. Lavedan was admitted to the Académie française in 1898.

Works

*''Les Deux noblesses'' (1897) *''Catherine'' (1897) *''Le nouveau jeu'' (1898) *''Le Vieux marcheur'' (1899) *''Le Marquis de Priola'' (1902) *''Varennes'' (1904), written in collaboration with G. Lentre *''Le bon temps'' (1906) *'' L’assassinat du duc de Guise'' (1908)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lavedan, Henri Leon Emile 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 20th-century French dramatists and playwrights 1859 births 1940 deaths Writers from Orléans Members of the Académie Française Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Members of the Ligue de la patrie française