Charles Dubois de Gennes

Jean Charles Louis Dubois de Gennes (15 April 1814 – 15 May 1876) was a 19th-century French writer, journalist and chansonnier.

Charles Dubois de Gennes
Born
Jean Charles Louis Dubois de Gennes

15 April 1814
Dumfries (Scotland)
Died15 May 1876(1876-05-15) (aged 62)
Paris
Occupation(s)Writer
Journalist

A former military and member of the Société du Caveau, collaborator of the Almanach pour rire, he is remembered for his correspondence with Victor Hugo.[1]

He also published under the pseudonym Claudius Transiens.[2]

Works

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Bibliography

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  • Joseph-Marie Quérard, Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées, 1882, (p. 993)
  • Henri Frotier de La Messelière, Filiations bretonnes. 1650-1912, vol.6, 1976, (p. 159)

References

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  1. ^ Victor Hugo, Choses vues [fr]: souvenirs, journaux, cahiers, 1972, (p. 155)
  2. ^ Weller, Emil (1886). Lexicon pseudonymorum: Wörterbuch der Pseudonymen aller Zeiten und Völker; oder, Verzeichniss jener Autoren, die sich falscher Namen bedienten (in German) (2nd ed.). Regensburg: Alfred Coppenrath. p. 116.
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