Eugène Guinot (8 April 1805 – 9 February 1861) was a French journalist, writer and

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, creator of the Parisian chronique

Biography

He collaborated among others with the ''

Revue de Paris ''Revue de Paris'' was a French literary magazine founded in 1829 by Louis-Désiré Véron. After two years Véron left the magazine to head the Paris Opera The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was found ...

'' and ''

Le Siècle ("''The Age''") was a daily newspaper that was published from 1836 to 1932 in France. History In 1836, was founded as a paper that supported constitutional monarchism. However, when the July Monarchy came to an end in 1848, the paper soon ch ...

'', signing sometimes his texts under the

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s Paul Vermond or Pierre Durand. A trendy writer in his time, he authored many serial published by great publishing houses such as Hetzel,

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Michel Lévy Frères Michel Lévy frères was a Paris publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy with his brothers Nathan and Kalmus (Calmann). Michel served as publisher until his death in 1875, upon which Kalmus succeeded him and renamed the company Calmann ...

among others. His plays were presented in the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century:

Théâtre des Variétés The Théâtre des Variétés () is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History The theatre owed its creation to Mademoiselle Montans ...

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, Pierre-Antoine-Augustin de Piis, Piis and Yves Barré, Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets s ...

, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique etc.

Works

*1837: ''Suzanne'',

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in 2 acts, with Mélesville *1839: ''Lekain à Draguignan'',

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in 2 acts, with Philippe-Auguste-Alfred Pittaud de Forges *1841: ''Une Nuit au sérail'', comedy en 3 acts, mingled with song, with de Forges *1841: ''Listrac'', serial *1841: ''Physiologie du provincial à Paris'', with

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, illustration by

Paul Gavarni Paul Gavarni was the pen name of Sulpice Guillaume Chevalier (13 January 1804 – 24 November 1866), a French illustrator, born in Paris. Early career Gavarni's father, Sulpice Chevalier, was from a family line of coopers from Burgundy. Paul b ...

*1841: ''L'écu de cent sous'', serial *1842: ''Les Mémoires du diable'', comedy in three acts, with

Étienne Arago Étienne Vincent Arago (9 February 1802 – 7 March 1892) was a French writer and politician, and co-founder (with Maurice Alhoy) of the newspaper ''Le Figaro''. Early life Arago was born in Perpignan, the youngest of the four Arago brothers. ...

*1843: ''Jacquot'', vaudeville en 1 act *1843: ''Le bon œil'', serial *1843: ''Le bouquet de violettes'', serial *1843: ''Le chalet'', serial *1843: ''Un héros de roman'', serial *1843: ''Les maris malheureux'', short story *1843: ''Le inconvénients de la vertu'', serial *1843: ''L'Ogresse, ou Un mois au Pérou'',

in 2 acts *1844: ''L'ami du ministre'', serial *1844: ''La Polka'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Frédéric Bérat *1845: ''Le conciliateur'', serial *1845: ''La famille Wilberston'', serial *1845: ''L'héritière'', short story *1845: ''Paris à cheval'', revue cavalière en 5 relais, with Carmouche *1845: ''Les succès'', serial *1845: ''Un tuteur de vingt ans'',

in 2 acts, with Mélesville *1846: ''La Provence ancienne et moderne'', 1846 *1847: ''L'Enfant de l'amour ou Les deux marquis de Saint-Jacques'', comédie en vaudevilles in 3 acts, with Jean-François-Alfred Bayard *1847: ''La Cour de Biberach'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Édouard Lafargue *1847: ''Les Bords du Rhin'' *1847: ''L'amoureux et le bandit'', serial *1847: ''Le dévouement d'une femme'', serial *1847: ''Les exilés de Wissbade'', serial *1847: ''La femme aux cinq maris'', serial *1847: ''Enghien et la vallée de Montmorency'', précédé d'une ''description historique du parcours du chemin de fer du Nord'', 1847 *1847: ''Le pactole'', short story *1848: ''Le Lion et le rat'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Adolphe de Leuven Adolphe de Leuven (29 September 1802 – 14 April 1884) was a French theatre director and a librettist. Also known as Grenvallet, and Count Adolph Ribbing. He was the illegitimate son of Adolph Ribbing, who was involved in the assassination of ...

*1848: ''Le Marquis de Lauzun'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Carmouche *1848: ''La belle cauchoise'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Gabriel de Lurieu Gabriel de Lurieu (real name Gabriel-Zéphirin Gonyn de Lurieu; Paris, 28 October 1799 (7 brumaire year VIII) – Paris, 5 February 1889 ) was a French author and playwright. His brother Jules-Joseph-Gabriel de Lurieu (1792–1869), with whom he ...

*1849: ''J'attends un omnibus'', vaudeville in 1 act *1849: ''La Tasse cassée'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Lubize *1850: ''Le provincial à Paris'', illustration by Gavarni *1850: ''Colombine, ou les Sept péchés capitaux'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with

Pierre Carmouche Pierre Carmouche (9 April 1797 - 9 December 1868) was a French playwright and chansonnier. He wrote more than 200 successful plays, comedies, comédies en vaudevilles and texts for opéras comiques, in collaboration with diverse authors - Brazi ...

*1850: ''Le Maître d'armes'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1850: ''La Restauration des Stuarts'', historical drama in 5 acts *1851: ''Encore des mousquetaires'', vaudeville in 1 act, with

Charles Varin Charles Voirin, called Varin, (20 January 1798 (1er pluviôse an VI) – 24 April 1869) was a 19th-century French playwright. He also wrote under the pen names V. Warin and Victor. Biography Destined by his father to the profession of nota ...

*1851: ''Les Aventures de Suzanne'', drama in 5 acts and 8 tableaux, with

Charles Dupeuty Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee ...

*1851: ''Une belle aventurière'', serial *1851: ''Un héros du roman moderne'', short story *1851: ''Une récréation champêtre'', short story *1851: ''Jean le Postillon'', monologue on the song by F. Bérat, with Carmouche *1851: ''Souvenir des eaux de Spa'', short story *1852: ''Chez Dantan'', novel *1852: ''Le mariage forcé'', short story *1852: ''Scapin'', comedy in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Carmouche *1852: ''Soirées d'avril'', novel *1853: ''A Summer at Baden-Baden'' *1853: ''Itinéraire du chemin de fer de Paris à Bruxelles, comprenant l'embranchement de Creil à Saint-Quentin'' *1854: ''Promenade au château de Compiègne et aux ruines de Pierrefonds et de Coucy'' *1854: ''Un frère terrible'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act, with Dupeuty *1855: ''De Paris à Boulogne, à Calais et à Dunkerque'' *1857: ''Les chiens de Saint Malo'', serial *1857: ''Le premier pas'', serial *1857: ''Une victime'', serial *1857: ''Un vieux beau'', comédie en vaudevilles in 1 act *1858: ''Ce que c'est qu'une Parisienne'', ''Les Maîtresses à Paris'', ''Les Veuves du diable'', novels, with Léon Gozlan *1861: ''L'été à Bade'' *1869: ''Le Provincial à Paris'', posth.

Bibliography

* Zénaïde Fleuriot, Alfred Nettement, Victor Lecoffre, ''La Semaine des familles: revue universelle hebdomadaire'', 1861, (nécrologie)
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* J. Madival, ''Annuaire des faits, résumé universel chronologique...'', 1862, Madival le qualifie d'écrivain gracieux. *

Gustave Vapereau Louis Gustave Vapereau (4 April 1819 – 18 April 1906) was a French writer and lexicographer famous primarily for his dictionaries, the ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'' and the ''Dictionnaire universel des littérateurs''. Biography ...

, ''Dictionnaire universel des contemporains'', 1865,
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* Pierre Guiral, Félix Reynaud, ''Les Marseillais dans l'histoire'', 1988, * Stéphane Michaud, ''Flora Tristan, la paria et son rêve: correspondance'', 2003, * Pierre Échinard, ''Marseille à la une: l'âge d'or de la presse au XIXe siècle'', 2007,

References

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