Claudius Billiet better known under the pseudonym Antony Rénal (26 April 1805 in
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of ...
– 2 October 1866 in
Fontaines-sur-Saône) was a French writer, poet, songwriter and playwright.
Life
A trader and music teacher in Lyon where he was born, member of the board of directors of the Dépot de mendicité of the city of Lyon (1832), Rénal collaborated with the (1829) and became known that year through poems. He became a literary critic at the ''Moniteur judiciaire'' where he published under his real name ''Dictionnaire des pseudonymes'', 1869,
Works
* ''Stances sur la mort du général Foy'', Brunet, 1825
* ''Chansons et romances'', Brissot-Thivars, 1829
* ''Nouveaux Mélanges, discours, anecdotes, poésies'', Bouland, 1829
* ''Nouvelles esquisses poétiques'', 1832
* ''Emany'', novel, épisode de la Restauration, H. Souverain, 1837
* ''La Robe rouge'', 2 vol, H. Souverain, 1839
* ''Le Giaour'', Grand Opera in 3 acts, with Louis Tavernier, music by Jules Bovéry, 1839
* ''Lectures en famille, ou les Soirées d'hiver, récits amusants'', P.-C. Lehuby, 1843
* ''Le Soir à la Veillée'', with
Marius-Pierre Audran
Marius-Pierre Audran (28 September 1816 – 9 January 1887) was a French operatic tenor. He performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris as the first tenor. His son was acclaimed composer Edmond Audran.
Works Author
* ''La Colombe du soldat'' ( ...
, 1843
* ''Les Veillées des jeunes enfants'', Cosnier and Lachèse, 1844
* ''Le Berquin du hameau, ou le Conteur des bords du Rhône'', scènes historiques, esquisses biographiques et récits tirés de notre histoire ancienne et moderne, 1846
* ''Les illustrations littéraires de l'Espagne'', biographie outlines, 1849
* ''Jacques Juiltard'', pièce de vers, 1850
* ''Les Encouragements du premier âge, ou Historiettes instructives et amusantes'', P.-C. Lehuby, 1851
* ''Les Pompiers de Fontaines'', Rey-Sézanne, 1851
* ''Coup d’œil sur le mouvement littéraire et artistique au midi de la France, premières années du XIXe siècle'', H. Souverain, 1853
* ''Les Enfants de Fontaine, ou la Saint-Louis'', Perrin, 1853
* ''Joies et plaintes'', poésies nouvelles, Arnault de Vresse,
Arnault de Vresse
on BnF 1856
* ''Critiques littéraires, nouvelles et feuilletons au gré de la plume'', Duperret, 1859
Bibliography
* Joseph-Marie Quérard
Joseph Marie Quérard (25 December 1797 – 3 December 1865) was a French bibliographer.
He was born at Rennes, where he was apprenticed to a bookseller. Sent abroad on business, he remained in Vienna from 1819 to 1824, where he drew up the fir ...
, ''Les Écrivains pseudonymes et autres mystificateurs de la littérature'', 1854,
* Aimé Vingtrinier, ''Note sur deux pamphlets anonymes parus à Lyon sous la Restauration'', 1903,
* Robert Sabatier
Robert Sabatier (17 August 1923 – 28 June 2012) was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems. He was elected to the Académie Goncourt
The Société littéraire des Goncourt (Goncourt ...
, ''Histoire de la poésie française - Poésie du XIXe siècle'', 1977,
References
External links
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1805 births
1866 deaths
Writers from Lyon
19th-century French poets
French chansonniers
French literary critics
19th-century French dramatists and playwrights
19th-century French male writers
French male non-fiction writers