Eugène Woestyn
Abuffard Eugène Augustin Woestyn (1813, in Romorantin-Lanthenay – 18 April 1861, in Paris) was a 19th-century French playwright, librettist, poet, journalist, chansonnier and writer.
Eugène Woestyn
- Born
- 1813 · Orléans.
- Died
- 1861 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- librettist · poet · journalist · chansonnier · writer · playwright
- Languages
- French
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Biography
Woestyn met Victor Hugo at 14 and had him read his poems. He later became a critic and editor for Le Figaro, and by his profession, left a correspondence with authors like Honoré de Balzac from 1840. He also participated with the Journal du dimanche or among others with Le Gaulois, was a chief editor of the Foyer (1843) and wrote many articles, sometimes polemical, which led to a major quarrel with Frédérick Lemaître. In 1857, he also became chief editor of the Blason de l'Industrie française and in 1858 of the Figaro-programme. His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique.
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• 1837: Essais poétiques • 1838: Riens, poésies • 1839: La voie sacrée ou les étapes de la gloire, five-act military drama, with Ernest Bourget and Hector Crémieux • 1840: Bonaparte, ode • 1841: Feuillets d'histoire dédiés au peuple • Passion de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, tirée des quatre Évangiles et traduite en vers français par Eugène Woestyn, ouvrage destiné à cultiver la mémoire des enfants dans les petits séminaires, les écoles chrétiennes et généralement toutes les maisons d'éducation • 1847: Aux enfants de Paris. La Républicaine ou le Peuple est roi, cantata sung by Adalbert, lyrics by Eugène Woestyn, music by Amédée Artus • 1847: Montdidier • 1852: Le livre du cellier et de la conservation des vins • 1852: Le livre de la broderie, du crochet et du filet • 1852: Le livre de la danse • 1852: Le livre de la dentelle, ou Manuel de la dentelière • 1852: Le livre de la parfumerie de famille • 1852: Le livre de la pianiste et du plain-chant • 1852: Le Livre de l'hygiène domestique • 1852: Le livre des conserves et confitures • 1852: Le livre du découpage à table, ou Manuel de l'écuyer tranchant • 1852: Le livre de la coiffure • 1852: Le livre de l'art du chant • 1852: Le Livre des dames poètes depuis les premiers siècles littéraires jusqu'à nos jours • 1852: Le livre des domestiques • 1852: Le livre des jeux de salon • 1852: Le livre des amusements de la veillée • 1852: La Saint Napoléon au village, patriotic cantata • 1852: La ferme de Kilmoor, two-act opéra comique, with Alphonse Varney • 1855: Histoire de la Saint-Napoléon • 1855: Angleterre et France, with Charles Duggé, odes • 1856: Guerre d'Orient, les victoires et conquêtes des armées alliées, 2 vol. • 1856: Le Blason de l'industrie française. Verrerie • 1857: Les Enfants du peuple, historical dramas • 1860: Roi des îles, drama in five acts and eight tableaux, with Jan Czyński • undated: Les Folies Nouvelles, with Eugène Moreau
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