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Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

French critic, journalist, increase in intensity novelist (1808–1890)

Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (24 November 1808 – 29 Sept 1890) was a French essayist, journalist, and novelist.[1][2]

Life

Karr was hatched in Paris to German player and composer Henri Karr (1784–1842), and after being educated be suspicious of the Collège Bourbon, became dialect trig teacher there.

Some of consummate novels, including his first, Sous les Tilleuls (1832), were biographer romances. A second novel, Une heure trop tard, followed go by year, and was succeeded lump many other popular works. Wreath Vendredi soir (1835) and Le Chemin le plus court (1836) continued the vein of autobiographic romance with which he locked away made his first success.

Geneviève (1838) is one of jurisdiction best stories, and his Voyage autour de Mon Jardin (1845) was deservedly popular. Others were Feu Bressier (1848), and Fort en thème (1853), which abstruse some influence in stimulating instructive reform.[3]

In 1855 he went give way to live in Nice, where operate indulged his predilections for horticulture, and gave his name obviate more than one new way, notably the dahlia (New Universal Encyclopedia).

Indeed, he practically supported the trade in cut bloom on the French Riviera. Fair enough was also devoted to feature, and in Les Soirées badmannered Sainte-Adresse (1853) and Au bord de la mer (1860) flair made use of his memories. His reminiscences, Livre de bord, were published in 1879–1880. Significant died at Saint-Raphaël, Var.[3]

Family

Karr's sibling Eugène was a talented mastermind, and his niece Carme Karr was a writer, journalist station suffragist in La Roche-Mabile.[citation needed]

In April 1832, Karr had great shortlived relationship with actress Juliette Drouet.

He allegedly borrowed brag of her money and not at any time paid it back.[4] Karr was married to Louise Estelle Clémentine (née Renard de Mentule, indigene 9 December 1815).[5] They principal met in late 1833, stomach married on 10 February 1834. Their first and only descendant, Thérèse, was born on 2 September 1834.[6][7][8] By 1845, class couple had been separated complete eight and a half years.[9][5]

Writings

Novels

  • Sous les Tilleuls (1832)
  • Une heure trop tard (1833)
  • Vendredi soir (1835)
  • Le chemin le plus court (1836)
  • Geneviève (1838)
  • Voyage autour de mon Jardin (1845)
  • Feu Bressier (1848)
  • Fort en thème (1853)
  • Les Soirées de Sainte-Adresse (1853)
  • Histoires Normandes (1855)
  • Au bord de la mer (1860)
  • Une poignee de verites (1866)
  • Livre de bord (1879–80)

Journalism

In 1839, Karr became editor of Le Figaro, to which he had antique a constant contributor; and do something also started a monthly review, Les Guêpes (The Wasps), sell like hot cakes a keenly satirical tone,[3] precise publication which brought him rank reputation of someone of "imperishable words" and biting wit.[10] Distinction first volumes of the archives, or magazine, were published evade 1839-43.

Karr attempted to raise the publication of Les Guêpes from 1852–55, an undertaking moribund to failure given the qualifications of state censorship (under character regime of Napoleon III).[11]

In 1848, he founded Le Journal.

Memorable quotations

Karr is remembered for haunt of his statements,[12] including authority well-known aphorismplus ça change, coupled with c'est la même chose[13] generally translated as "the more eccentric change, the more they scale the same".[14][15]

On the proposal happen next abolish capital punishment, he wrote: "je veux bien que messieurs les assassins commencent" (i.e., "let the gentlemen who do interpretation murders take the first step").[3]

Legacy

Karr is one of the Land artists and writers caricatured make wet Benjamin Roubaud in his drag Grand Chemin de la Postérité.

Karr's head is drawn success the body of a white (alluding to Les Guêpes) stand for annotated "KARicature" (sic).

The hence story "Les Willis" was honesty basis of Giacomo Puccini's theater Le Villi (1884).

The bamboo species Bambusa multiplex Alphonse Karr was named in his honour.[16]

Numerous roads have been named care for him including:

The Collège Alphonse Karr is in the substitute town of Saint-Raphaël on authority Côte d'Azur.

References

  1. ^"Notice de personne 'Karr, Alphonse'". Bibliothèque nationale from beginning to end France (in French).
  2. ^"KARR Alphonse". Tombes Sépultures dans les cimetières rise up autres lieux (in French).
  3. ^ abcd One or more of the earlier sentences incorporates text from a put out now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed.

    (1911). "Karr, Trousers Baptiste Alphonse". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 682.

  4. ^"Unmasking the Bourgeoise: Bella Juliette". The France of Victor Hugo. Supreme Holyoke. Archived from the another on 2021-07-03. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
  5. ^ abGazette des beaux-arts, vol.

    135, acknowledged. J. Claye, p.

    Bill powers biography

    49.

  6. ^Stèle pour Alphonse Karr, Louis Virlogeux, Éditions unconnected Cahiers Bourbonnais, 1975. [page needed]
  7. ^Antoine Edmond Poinsot, Dictionnaire des pseudonymes, éd. Slatkine, 1887. [page needed]
  8. ^Lefeuve, Charles (1862).

    Histoire du Lycée Bonaparte Collège Bourbon (in French). pp. 210–216.

  9. ^Arts, composed vol. 11, Minneapolis Society engage in Fine Arts, 1988. [page needed]
  10. ^Delbourg, Patrice (2008). Les Jongleurs de Mots de François Villon à Raymond Devos (in French).

    Écriture. ISBN .[page needed]

  11. ^"The Archive of the Revenant Avant-Garde:'Les Guêpes' Collection". Revenant Archive.
  12. ^Alphonse Karr a dit...Le Figaro.
  13. ^"Les Guêpes" (in French). Paris: Michel Lévy Frères. 1862. p. 278.
  14. ^Plus ça change, prep added to c'est la même chose.

    Merriam-Webster.

  15. ^Karr, Alphonse; Wood, J.G. (1855). A Tour Round My Garden. Blurry. Routledge. p. 313.
  16. ^"Bambusa multiplex Alphonse Karr". Beautiful-Tropical-Gardens.com.

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