| Félix Duquesnel | |
| Birth Name: | Félix Henri Duquesnel |
| Birth Date: | 2 July 1832 |
| Birth Place: | Paris |
| Death Place: | Paris |
| Occupation: | Journalist Playwright Novelist |
Félix Henri Duquesnel (2 July 1832 – 28 April 1915) was a French journalist, playwright and novelist.
He studied at the College Rollin, then at the Faculty of Law and was admitted to the bar which he quickly left to turn to journalism.
A journalist at L'Illustration, Je sais tout or Le Gaulois among other newspapers, Duquesne was theatre manager of the Théâtre de l'Odéon from 1866, of the Théâtre du Châtelet (with Émile Rochard) (1880-1882), then of the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin from 1884 to 1893. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his time, including the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre des Capucines.
He left an important correspondence with numerous personalities of the nineteenth century such as Émile Augier, Gustave Flaubert, Sainte-Beuve, Jules Sandeau, Adolphe d'Ennery, Xavier de Montépin, Jules Verne,[1] Alexandre Dumas, George Sand.
Le Roman d'une fleuriste, Ollendorff
Contes des dix mille et deux nuits, Flammarion[2]
Le mystère de Gaude, Calmann-Lévy
Monsieur Roussignac, policier, Juven
A la flamme de Paris, Fasquelle
La bande des habits noirs, Fasquelle