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In the theatre, Mirbeau made his first steps with a proletarian drama and modern tragedy, Les Mauvais bergers ( The Bad Shepherds, 1897). Then he experienced worldwide acclaim with Les affaires sont les affaires ( Business is business, 1903) — his classical comedy of manners and characters in the tradition of Molière.
Journaliste influent et fort bien rémunéré, critique d’art défenseur des avant-gardes, pamphlétaire redouté, Octave Mirbeau était aussi un romancier novateur, qui a contribué à l'évolution du genre romanesque, et un dramaturge, à la fois classique et moderne, qui a triomphé sur toutes les grandes scènes du monde.
Octave Mirbeau (born Feb. 16, 1850, Trévières, France—died Feb. 16, 1917, Paris) was a French journalist and writer of novels and plays who unsparingly satirized the clergy and social conditions of his time and was one of the 10 original members of the Académie Goncourt, founded in 1903.
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Nov 10, 2022 · Learn how Octave Mirbeau, a journalist and anarchist, promoted the works of Monet, Gauguin, Cézanne and other Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists. Discover his friendship with Monet, his support of Gauguin's Tahiti trip and his reviews of their paintings.
Célestine, by Octave Mirbeau. As a libertarian writer, Octave Mirbeau gives voice to a maidservant, Célestine: that is already subversive in itself.
Octave Mirbeau was a French journalist, art critic, travel writer, pamphleteer, novelist, and playwright, who achieved celebrity in Europe and great success among the public, while still appealing to the literary and artistic avant-garde. His work has been translated into thirty languages.
Découvrez la vie et l'œuvre d'Octave Mirbeau, écrivain, journaliste, dramaturge et justicier français du XIXe siècle. Consultez ses romans, ses chroniques, ses essais, sa correspondance et ses publications.
