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Prosper Mérimée (French: [pʁɔspɛʁ meʁime]; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story.
Prosper Mérimée, né le 28 septembre 1803 à Paris et mort le 23 septembre 1870 à Cannes, est un écrivain, historien et archéologue français .
- 23 septembre 1870 (à 66 ans)Cannes
- Cimetière du Grand Jas
- 28 septembre 1803Paris
Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and master of the short story whose works—Romantic in theme but Classical and controlled in style—were a renewal of Classicism in a Romantic age. Of a cultured, middle-class Norman background, Mérimée first studied law but was more.
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Prosper Mérimée, (born Sept. 28, 1803, Paris, France—died Sept. 23, 1870, Cannes), French short-story writer and dramatist. In youth a student of languages and literatures, he wrote his first play, Cromwell (1922), at age 19. His passions were mysticism, history, and the unusual.
Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.
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- September 23, 1870
- September 28, 1803
Prosper Mérimée was the only child of a comfortable middle-class couple, both of whom were artists by profession and freethinking republicans in outlook. Growing up in Paris, and in such a ...
Découvrez la biographie, les œuvres et les discours de Prosper Mérimée, élu en 1844 à l'Académie française. Il fut un représentant de l'école romantique et un ami de Sainte-Beuve.
