Narcisse Louis Pierre Fournier (24 November 1803 – 24 April 1880) was a French journalist, novelist and playwright.

Life

He began his literary career aged 22 with two pieces, ''les Secrets de Cœur'' and ''la Poupée''. From then on he produced a large number of comedies, vaudevilles and dramas (most often in collaboration), a few novels and articles in several reviews, notably the '' Revue britannique''. He also translated English and German works. His works include - ''un Grand Orateur'' (1837) ; ''les Suites d’une faute'', 1838 ; ''Un roman intime''; ''le Bonheur d’être fou'' ; ''l’Homme au masque de fer'' ; ''le Jeune Père'' ; ''un Mari qui n’a rien à faire'' ; ''les Absences de Monsieur'' ; ''Pénicaut le somnanbule'' ; ''M. Candaule ou le roi des maris'', ''la Partie de piquet'' ; ''le Mal de la peur'' ; ''Struensée ou la reine et le favori'' ; ''À la belle étoile'' ; ''Alexis Petrovich'' ; ''Histoire d’un espion politique''. Examinateur at the Théâtre-Français and the

Théâtre du Vaudeville The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre company in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles. Af ...

, Fournier was a chevalier of the

Légion d'honneur The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

Sources

* Société bibliographique, ''Revue bibliographique universelle'', 2e série, t. 11, Paris, Aux bureaux du Polybiblion, 1880, p. 546

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fournier, Narcisse 1803 births 1880 deaths 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 19th-century French novelists French male novelists 19th-century French male writers