Émile Bergerat Explained

Émile Bergerat (29 April 1845  - 13 October 1923) was a French poet, playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué (the masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from The Tempest by William Shakespeare). A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine opposite his flat bears his name.

Life

Bergerat was born in Paris. An essayist for Voltaire and Figaro, head of the La Vie moderne review under the editorship of Georges Charpentier and a member of the Académie Goncourt, he was the son in law of Théophile Gautier and the brother in law of Théophile Gautier (fils). Émile Bergerat married Estelle Gautier, daughter of Théophile Gautier, and they had one son, Théo Bergerat, director and radio essayist.[1] Théophile wrote in a letter to Carlotta Grisi that Émile was

Bergerat died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, aged 78.

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Notes and References

  1. http://kinematoscope.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/Realisateurs.php?ID=1287 Family tree of Théo Bergerat