Hippolyte Babou Explained

Hippolyte Babou (1824-1878) was a French journalist, critic and novelist. Babou also wrote as Jean-sans-Peur, and used the name Camille Lorrain for his journalism in Le Corsaire, Le Charivari, L'Illustration, La Patrie, and Revue de Paris.[1]

Babou was born on 24 February 1824 in Peyriac, Aude.[2]

A friend of Charles Baudelaire, Babou suggested the title 'Les Fleurs du mal' to Baudelaire at the end of 1854.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: James Whitney. The Library Journal. https://books.google.com/books?id=F08FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA379. 3. 1878. 379. Pseudonyms and Anonyms.
  2. Book: Louis Gustave Vapereau

    . G. Vapereau. Louis Gustave Vapereau. Dictionnaire universel des contemporains contenant toutes les personnes notables de la France et des pays étrangers. https://books.google.com/books?id=GXIRO9HGMwoC&pg=PA83. 1870. Librairie Hachette. 83. Babou (Hippolyte).

  3. Book: F. W. Leakey. Baudelaire: Les Fleurs Du Mal. 1992. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-36116-3. 47.