Adolphe Alphonse Favre (1 May 1808 – 15 January 1886) was a 19th-century French playwright, journalist, poet and novelist.
Adolphe Favre | |
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 Adolphe Favre's grave at Père Lachaise Cemetery | |
| Born | Adolphe Alphonse Favre 1 May 1808 |
| Died | 15 January 1886 (aged 77) |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright Journalist |
Chief editor of the satirical newspaper la Revue parisienne (1851), he was one of the promoters of the retour des cendres of Napoleon, which he asked King Louis-Philippe in his pamphlet L’Homme du rivage ou l’illustre tombeau.
He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (67th division).[1]
Works edit
- 1844: Faisons-nous belle, boléro, music by Oscar Comettant
- 1852: L'Amour d'un Ange, poetry
- 1855: Le Carrefour de la Croix, novel, 2 vols.
- 1856: L'Amour et l'argent, novel, 2 vols.
- 1859: Le Capitaine des archers, novel
- 1859: L’Œuvre du démon, novel
- 1861: La Chasse à ma femme, one-act comédie en vaudeville, with Adolphe Stel
- 1861: Les Portraits-cartes, one-act comédie en vaudeville, with Paul Faulquemont
- 1863: L’Orfèvre du Pont au Change : ou Paris en 1480, five-act drama, with Faulquemont
- 1864: Les Métamorphoses de Bougival, one-act comédie en vaudeville with Stel
- 1865: La Coupe Maudite, novel
- 1866: La Porte Saint-Denis (1672), five-act drama, with Auguste Villiers
- 1867: Nouvelles de Adolphe Favre, volume 1 : includes Le Bracelet de corail, Le Secret du cœur, Le Mariage au jardin, Le Doigt de Dieu, L'Anneau d'or, Monsieur Landroux
- 1867: L'Enlèvement au Bouquet, one-act comedy, with Stel
- 1868: Nouvelles de Adolphe Favre, volume 2, includes Maître Guillaume, L'Épingle d'or, Le Cœur d'une paysanne, Le Pan de la robe, Le Bouquet de violettes
- 1868: Les Cendres de Napoléon et le Sénat
- 1881: Comment meurent les femmes, novel
- undated: Un Martyr de la victoire, five-act drama, with Faulquemont
Bibliography edit
- J. F. Vaudin, Gazetiers et gazettes: histoire critique et anecdotique de la Presse parisienne, vol.1, 1860, (p. 138-139)
- Hippolyte Verly, Essai de biographie lilloise contemporaine, 1800-1869, 1869, (p. 91)
- Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, vol.1, 1870, (p. 658)
- Robert Sabatier, Histoire de la poésie française (XIXe siècle), 1977, (p. 12-13)
References edit
- ^ "Notice sur le site du cimetière". Archived from the original on 2018-05-28. Retrieved 2016-06-11.