biography
| name: |
Claretie, Jules
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originally Arsène Arnaud
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pronunciation:
[klaruhtee]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1840–1913)
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| biography:
| Novelist, born in Limoges, C France. While a schoolboy in Paris he published a novel, and soon became a leading critic, political writer, and popular novelist. He first made a hit on the stage with his Revolution plays, Les Muscadins (1874), Le Régiment de Champagne (1877) and Les Mirabeau (1878). In 1885 he became director of the Comédie Française. |
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