Robert Charles Henri Le Roux (1860–1925), known by the pen name Hugues Le Roux, was a

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writer and

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who wrote primarily about the

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and travel.

Early life

He was the son of Charles Clovis Le Roux and Henriette Gourgaud. Robert was a

for "La ''Revue Politique et Littéraire,"'' " Le ''Temps'''',"'' " Le ''Figaro'''',"'' " Le ''Journal'''',"'' and " Le ''Matin''''."'' In addition, Robert Charles wrote books and novels. On 11 January 1920, he became a

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until his death on 14 November 1925. Earlier in his career, he was the private secretary of

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. He had written for Daudet, "''La belle Nivernaise''" and "''Tartarin sur les Alpes''"

Work

* ''L'Attentat Sloughine'', J. Lévy, Paris, 1885 * ''Médéric et Lisée'', J. Lévy, Paris, 1887 * ''Le Frère lai'', 1888 *
Chez les filles
', Victor Havard, 1888 * ''L'Enfer parisien'', Victor-Havard, Paris, 1888 * ''Notre patron

'', 1888 *
Les jeux du cirque et la vie foraine
', illustrations de Jules Garnier, Plon, 1889 * ''Le Chemin du crime'', Paris, Harvard, 1889, 265 p. * ''Les Larrons'', G. Charpentier, Paris, 1890 * ''Les Fleurs à Paris'', Quantin, Paris, 1890 * ''Au

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'', Mar pon & Flammarion, 1891 * ''Portraits de cire'', Paris, Lecene, oudin, 3e éd.,1891, 446 p. Souvenirs de Maupassant *
Tout pour l'honneur
', C. Lévy, Paris, 1892 * ''Marins et soldats'', C. Lévy, Paris, 1892 * ''Les mondains'', Calmann Levy, 1893, 331 p. * ''Gladys'' Paris, Calmann Lévy, 5e édition, 1894, 325 p. * ''Je deviens colon. mœurs algériennes'', 3e édition, Calmann-levy, 1895 * ''Notes sur la Norvège'', C. Lévy, Paris, 1895 * "Le Festéjadou" recits du sud - calmann levy editeur 1895 * ''Ô mon passé...Mémoires d’un enfant'', Calman Lévy, 1896 * ''Le maître de l’heure'', Calmann-levy, 1897 * ''Les Amants byzantins'', Paris, Calmann-Lévy, 1897 *
Nos filles. Qu’en ferons-nous?
' , Calmann Lévy, 1898.* ''Nos fils - Que feront-ils?'' 1899 * ''Gens de poudre'', 1899 * ''L’attentat Sloughine, mœurs terroristes années 1890 à 1920'', Paris, Ernest Flammarion, 1900 * ''Le Bilan du divorce'', 1900 *
Ménélik et nous
', Paris, Librairie Nilsson, 1901,446 pp. * ''Voyage au Ouallaga. Itinéraire d’Addis-Ababa au Nil bleu'' (avec une carte hors texte), dans le bulletin de la société de géographie, Masson, 1901 *
Prisonniers marocains
l’épopée d’Afrique'', Calmann-levy, 1903 *
Chasses et gens d’Abyssinie
', Calmann-levy , 1903 * ''Le

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'', 1904 * ''Ô mon passé'', illustrations De J. Jamet. Paris, Ideal-Bibliothèque Pierre Lafitte Et Cie, 1910, 113 p. * ''Au champ d’honneur'', Plon, 1916 * ''Niger et Tchad, Mission Hugues Le Roux'', Ministère des Affaires étrangères, 1918 * ''Te souviens-tu ?'', Plon 1920

Theatre

* ''L'Instantané'', vaudeville avec

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, octobre 1901

References

External links

* * * * *''Notices d'autorité'' : Fichier d'autorité international virtuel • Bibliothèque nationale de France • Système universitaire de documentation • Library of congress • Gemeinsame Normdatei • Base Léonore • WorldCat *''Côte d'Ivoire'' : mission Hugues Le Roux, 1918 disponible sur ''Gallica'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Roux, Hugues Le 1860 births 1925 deaths French journalists French male non-fiction writers French senators of the Third Republic