''Le Mémorial d'Aix'' was a bi-weekly French-language newspaper in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

from 1837 to 1944.

History

The first issue was published on November 18, 1837.Cite du Livre
/ref> The newspaper was initially owned and printed by the ''Imprimerie Remondet-Aubin'' (located in the Hôtel du Poët at the top of the

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). However, it changed ownership in August 1873, when it was purchased by Mr Formental. It was sold in

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and

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. It published local news, but also serial novels.

Jean-Baptiste Gaut Jean-Baptiste Gaut (1819–1891) was a French Provençal poet and playwright from Aix-en-Provence. He was a chief advocate of the Provençal language and the Félibrige movement. He was known as "Félibre Gaut."Emma RobertLe Félibre Gaut, hist ...

(1819-1891) served as its editor-in-chief.

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...

(1840-1902) published some articles in it. It became defunct in 1944, when the written press was outlawed by the Germans during

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. The last issue was published on August 13, 1944. After the war, two new newspapers claimed to be its successor: '' Terre de Provence'' and '' Le Courrier d'Aix''.'Le Mémorial d'Aix', in ''Deux siècles d'Aix-en-Provence: 1808-2008'', Aix-en-Provence: Académie d'Aix, 2008, p. 68 Old issues are kept in the

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, a public library in Aix-en-Provence.

References

Secondary source

*M. Chabert, ''Aix-en-Provence au XIXe siècle : Chroniques et faits divers du Mémorial d'Aix'', Aix-en-Provence: Édisud, 2001. 1837 establishments in France 1944 disestablishments in France Biweekly newspapers Defunct newspapers published in France Mass media in Aix-en-Provence Newspapers established in 1837 Publications disestablished in 1944 Newspapers of the Vichy regime {{France-newspaper-stub