Abuffard Eugène Augustin Woestyn (1813, in

Romorantin-Lanthenay Romorantin-Lanthenay (), commonly known as Romorantin, is a commune and town in the Loir-et-Cher department, administrative region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the capital city of the natural region of Sologne. History The current c ...

– 18 April 1861, in

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) was a 19th-century French playwright,

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, journalist,

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and

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Biography

Woestyn met

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at 14 and had him read his poems. He later became a critic and editor for ''

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'', and by his profession, left a correspondence with authors like

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...

from 1840. He also participated with the ''Journal du dimanche'' or among others with ''

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'', was a chief editor of the ''Foyer'' (1843) and wrote many articles, sometimes polemical, which led to a major quarrel with

Frédérick Lemaître Antoine Louis Prosper "Frédérick" Lemaître (; 28 July 1800 – 26 January 1876) was a French actor and playwright, one of the most famous players on the celebrated Boulevard du Crime. Biography Lemaître, the son of an architect, was ...

. In 1857, he also became chief editor of the ''Blason de l'Industrie française'' and in 1858 of the ''Figaro-programme''.''Les Bohèmes, 1840-1870'', see bibliographie, p.580 His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin and the

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Works

*1837: ''Essais poétiques'' *1838: ''Riens'', poésies *1839: ''La voie sacrée ou les étapes de la gloire'', five-act military drama, with

Ernest Bourget Ernest Alexandre Joseph Bourget (10 March 1814 – 2 October 1864 in Thomery, Seine-et-Oise aged 50 ) was a 19th-century French playwright, lyricist and librettist. In 1847 at the Café des Ambassadeurs, Paul Henrion, Victor Parizot and Ernest Bo ...

and

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*1840: ''Bonaparte'', ode *1841: ''Feuillets d'histoire dédiés au peuple'' * ''Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ'', tirée des quatre ''Évangiles'' et traduite en vers français par Eugène Woestyn, ouvrage destiné à cultiver la mémoire des enfants dans les petits séminaires, les écoles chrétiennes et généralement toutes les maisons d'éducation *1847: ''Aux enfants de Paris. La Républicaine ou le Peuple est roi'', cantata sung by Adalbert, lyrics by Eugène Woestyn, music by

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*1847: ''Montdidier'' *1852: ''Le livre du cellier et de la conservation des vins'' *1852: ''Le livre de la broderie, du crochet et du filet'' *1852: ''Le livre de la danse'' *1852: ''Le livre de la dentelle, ou Manuel de la dentelière'' *1852: ''Le livre de la parfumerie de famille'' *1852: ''Le livre de la pianiste et du plain-chant'' *1852: ''Le Livre de l'hygiène domestique'' *1852: ''Le livre des conserves et confitures'' *1852: ''Le livre du découpage à table, ou Manuel de l'écuyer tranchant'' *1852: ''Le livre de la coiffure'' *1852: ''Le livre de l'art du chant'' *1852: ''Le Livre des dames poètes depuis les premiers siècles littéraires jusqu'à nos jours'' *1852: ''Le livre des domestiques'' *1852: ''Le livre des jeux de salon'' *1852: ''Le livre des amusements de la veillée'' *1852: ''La Saint Napoléon au village'', patriotic cantata *1852: ''La ferme de Kilmoor'', two-act

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, with Alphonse Varney *1855: ''Histoire de la Saint-Napoléon'' *1855: ''Angleterre et France'', with Charles Duggé, odes *1856: ''Guerre d'Orient, les victoires et conquêtes des armées alliées'', 2 vol. *1856: ''Le Blason de l'industrie française. Verrerie'' *1857: ''Les Enfants du peuple'', historical dramas *1860: ''Roi des îles'', drama in five acts and eight tableaux, with

Jan Czyński Jan Kazimierz Czyński (1801–1867) was a Polish independence activist, lawyer by education, writer and publicist, fighter for the Jewish emancipation, emancipation of the Jews, trade supporter, utopian socialist, and Polish Jacobins, radica ...

*undated: ''Les Folies Nouvelles'', with Eugène Moreau

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 Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital cit ...

, ''La littérature française contemporaine: 1827-1849'', 1857,
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* ''Le Maitron, Dictionnaire Biographique Mouvement Ouvrier''
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* T. J. Walsh, ''Second Empire Opera: The Théâtre Lyrique, Paris 1851-1870'', 1981, * Stéphane Vachon, ''1850, tombeau d'Honoré de Balzac'', 2007, * Jean-Didier Wagneur, Françoise Cestor, ''Les Bohèmes, 1840-1870: Ecrivains - Journalistes - Artistes'', 2014
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References

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