Louis Lurine Explained

Louis Lurine
Birth Date:1812
Death Date:30 November 1860
Occupation:Playwright, historian, journalist

Louis Lurine[1] (1812[2] – 30 November 1860[3]) was a 19th-century French homme de lettres, journalist, playwright, novelist and historian.

Biography

Born in Spain from French parents, he was raised in Paris and Bordeaux. He started writing at an early age, collaborated to some vaudevilles and was attached to several newspapers in the provinces. He trained Félix Solar when he was a beginner.

Back to Paris in 1840, he contributed feuilletons and short stories to the Courrier français, Le National and Le Siècle. For several years, he worked to books dedicated to the history of Paris while continuing his theatrical career. He became editor of the political journal La Séance in 1848 and of the theatrical magazine La Comédie in 1853. He also was president of the Société des gens de lettres.

He was managing director of the Théâtre du Vaudeville from 1858 until his death.

Main publications

Theatre

Honours

Sources

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Notes and References

  1. he also wrote under the name Louis de Burgos.
  2. Année de naissance reconstituée d'après l'âge déclaré dans son acte de décès (48 ans).
  3. Archives numérisées de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 9e arrondissement, registre des décès de 1860, acte n° 1400 http://canadp-archivesenligne.paris.fr/archives_etat_civil/1860_1902_actes/aec_visu_img.php?registre=V4E_00964&type=AEC&&bdd_en_cours=actes_ec_1860_1870&vue_tranche_debut=AD075EC_V4E_00964_0095&vue_tranche_fin=AD075EC_V4E_00964_0125&ref_histo=10177&cote=V4E the act mentions he was a bachelor aged 48.
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