Arthur alphonse daudet biography
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Daudet, Alphonse Marie Léon
PERSONAL: Born November 16, , in Paris, France; died July 1, , in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France; son of Alphonse Daudet (a French author) and Julia Allard. Politics: Royalist.
CAREER: French politician, editor, journalist, and author. Action Française (political newspaper), cofounder, , and editor, beginning Served in France's Chamber of Deputies,
WRITINGS:
Contre l'esprit allemand: Mesures d'après-guerre, Bloud & Gay (Paris, France),
Hors du joug allemand: mesures d'après guerre, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale (Paris, France),
Fantônes et vivants; souvenirs des milieux littéraires, politiques, artistiques et médicaux de à , 1. série, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale (Paris, France), , translation by Arthur Kingsland Griggs published as Memoirs of Léon Daudet, Dial (New York, NY),
Devant la douleur; souvenirs des milieux littéraires, politiques, artistiques et médicaux de à , 2. série, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale (Paris, France), , translation by Arthur Kingsland Griggs published as Memoirs of Léon Daudet, Dial (New York, NY),
Entre-deux-guerre; souvenirs des milieux littéraires, politiques, artistiques et médicaux de à , 3. série, Nouvelle Librairie Nationale (Paris, France), , translation by Arthur Kingsland Gr
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DaudetBiographical and Critical Studyby
Robert Harborough Sherard
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I BY no means agree with those who hold that it is a good rule that a biography should not be written in the hero's lifetime, and often in reading the life stories of notable men, of whom I have been a contemporary, who have died, I have found myself regretting that I did not know such and such things about them whilst they lived. It seemed to me that had I known such and such things concerning them whilst we were fellow-beings, my interest in their works would have been a keener one; and. A more important matter, my understanding of my own times would have been clearer and more com prehensive.
One likes to hear the great men of the day dis cussed and described in conversation; why should one, then, object to read of them?
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