Auguste-Charles-Joseph Vitu (7 October 1823[1] – 5 August 1891[2][3]) was a 19th-century French journalist and writer.
Auguste Vitu | |
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 Portrait by Nadar | |
| Born | Auguste-Charles-Joseph Vitu 7 October 1823 |
| Died | 5 August 1891 (aged 67) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, journalist |
Biography
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The natural son of a Parisian rentier, Vitu began his career as a typographer-worker before becoming a journalist. In 1867[4] he founded Le Journal des Finances (which he directed until his death in 1891[5]) and later created the newspaper L’Étendard from which he was lucky to be deposed in August 1868, before the sensational trial filed against the manager Jules Pic. He was chief editor of the Peuple Français at the request of Napoleon III from 1869.[4]
Vitu is mostly known for his book Paris, images et traditions, reprinted several times. He also published a book on the popular jargon of the 15th century and another on Napoleon III whose style of moustache and goatee he adopted.
Auguste Vitu was in turn publisher, political and military historian, literary and theatre critic, novelist, author of finance textbooks.[6] He collaborated with numerous Parisian newspapers and founded Le Bons sens d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand and L'Ami de l'ordre in Grenoble to local policy purposes.[7]
He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (46th division) in Paris. The rue Auguste-Vitu in the 15th arrondissement of Paris was named after him in 1912.
Main publications
edit- date unknown: Histoire de la Typographie, librairie Ch. Delagrave, Paris
- 1845–1846: Les Chauffeurs du Nord, novel published under the name Vidocq
- 1851: Révision ou révolution
- 1852: L’Empereur à Grenoble
- 1854: L’Histoire de Napoléon III et du rétablissement de l’Empire
- 1854: Études littéraires sur la Révolution française
- 1860: La Résurrection de Lazare, with Henri Murger
- 1860: Ombres et vieux murs
- 1860: Contes à dormir debout
- 1861: Le Budget de 1862
- 1864: Le Guide financier
- after 1867: Paris : 450 dessins inédits
- 1868: L’Histoire civile de l’armée
- 1868: Le Bilan de l’Empire
- 1869: Qui mange le budget ?
- 1869: Les Réunions publiques à Paris et Les Réunions électorales à Paris, brochure où l’auteur n’a pour documents que des rapports de police qui dénaturent complètement presque partout la pensée des orateurs
- 1873: Notice sur François Villon
- 1874: Le Lendemain de l’Empire
- 1883: La maison de Molière, winner of the prix Montyon in literature awarded by the Académie française.
Honours
edit- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (15 March 1862 decree)
- Officier of the Légion d'honneur (30 June 1867 decree)[8]
References
edit- ^ Departmental Archives of Hauts-de-Seine, civil status of Meudon, register of births 1823 (vues 28 and 29/38) [1] The act states that the mother usually resides rue Bleue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris.
- ^ Digital archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 8th district, register of 1891 deaths, act n° 1364 (vue 11/31) [2]
- ^ See La Rédaction (15 August 1891). "Auguste Vitu". Le Journal des Finances. Journal des finances, de l'agriculture, du commerce et des travaux publics. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- ^ a b Panthéon de la Légion d'honneur : dictionnaire biographique des hommes du XIXe, Volume 6, par Théophile Lamathière, page 500
- ^ Médias et journalistes de la République, by Marc Martin - 1997 - page 155
- ^ Explanation of the picture of Vitu by Nadar on the site of J. Paul Getty Museum
- ^ Biographie de Vitu sur patrimoine.edilivre.com
- ^ Base Léonore on the site of the Ministère de la Culture.[3]
External links
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- Auguste Vitu on Wikisource
- His books digitized by the BNF