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BIOGRAPHY
Alphonse Daudet, novelist and short-story writer, was born in Nimes, France. He was reared in Lyon and had an inconsistent education. He moved to Paris when he was 17 and worked for newspapers as a writer. He then worked as a private secretary for Duke de Morny. He enlisted in the army during the Franco-Prussian war.
Daudet's first book of poetry, LES AMOUREUSES (WOMEN IN LOVE), was published when he was 18. He had written his first novel at 14. He achieved literary success with the 1874 publication of FROMONT JEUNE ET RISLER AINE (FROMONT THE YOUNGER AND RILER THE ELDER) for which he won an award from the French Academy.
Alphonse Daudet died in 1897.
CHRONOLOGY
1840 He was born in Nimes, France.
1857 He moved to Paris.; He began writing for FIGARO.
1858 LES AMOUREUSES (WOMEN IN LOVE)
1861 He spent the winter in Algeria.; He married Julia Allard.
1862 LA DERNIERE IDOLE
1863 CHAPATIN LE TUEUR DE LIONS (CHAPATIN THE LION KILLER)
1868 LE PETIT CHOSE
1869 LETTRES DE MON MOULIN
1870 He enlisted in the army during the Franco-Prussian war.
1872 LES AVENTURES PRODIGIEUSES DE TARTARIN DE TARASCON (THE NEW DON QUIXOTE OR THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF TARTARIN DE TARASCON); L'ARLESIENNE
1873 LES CONTES DU LUNDI
1874 FROMONT JEUNE ET RISLER AINE (FROMONT THE YOUNGER AND RILER THE ELDER)
1876 JACK
1877 LE NABAB
1879 LES ROIS EN EXIL
1881 NUMA ROUMESTAN
1883 L'EVANGELISTE
1884 SAPHO
1888 TRENTE ANS DE PARIS (THIRTY YEARS OF PARIS AND OF MY LITERARY LIFE); SOUVENIRS D'UN HOMME DE LETTRES; L'IMMORTEL
1890 PORT TARASCON
1895 LA PETITE PAROISSE
1897 He died. (December 16)
1898 SOUTIEN DE FAMILLE
1899 NOTES SUR MA VIE
1900 PREMIER VOYAGE, PREMIER MENSONGE
1931 RECOLLECTIONS OF A LITERARY MAN LA DOULOU
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