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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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La Vénus d'Ille ([la venys dij], "The Venus of Ille") is a short story by French writer Prosper Mérimée. It was written in 1835 and published in 1837. It tells the story of a statue of Venus that comes to life and kills the son of its owner, whom it believes to be its husband.
- Prosper Merimee
- 1837
Mar 17, 2022 · Prosper Mérimée's Short Stories Original Publication: United States: G. P. Putnam's Sons,1903. Series Title: Little French masterpieces; 1 Contents: Prosper Mérimée -- Carmen -- The taking of the redoubt -- Mateo Falcone -- The Venus of Ille. Credits
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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.
