biography
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Leroux, Gaston (Louis Alfred)
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pronunciation:
[luhroo]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1868–1927)
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| biography:
| Journalist and novelist, born in Paris, France. He was raised in Normandy, studied law in Paris, was admitted to the bar, then became a legal journalist on Le Matin, while writing short stories, poetry, and eventually novels and plays. His successful novels featured the reporter character ‘Rouletabille’, and include Le Mystère de la chambre jaune (1907) and Le Parfum de la dame en noir (1909). His best-known book, Le Fantôme de l'opéra (1910), attracted little attention in its early days but became a hit following a Lon Chaney film in 1924. The Chèri Bibi series date from 1921–2. A prolific author, publishing at least a book a year, he would signal the completion of a manuscript by firing a loaded revolver from his balcony. |
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