Jean Schopfer
Jean Schopfer (28 May 1868 – 9 January 1931) was a tennis player competing for France, and a writer, known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1892 over the American player Francis Louis Fassitt, and losing in 1893 to Laurent Riboulet.
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Jean Schopfer
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- Name
- Jean Schopfer
- Born
- 28 May 1868
- Birthplace
- Morges, Switzerland
- Died
- 9 January 1931
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Education
- Sorbonne École du Louvre
- Full name
- Jean Édouard Schopfer.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- writer, tennis player, journalist and screenwriter.
- Known for
- Mademoiselle Bourrat.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour and Montyon Prize.
- Languages
- French.
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Jean Schopfer (28 May 1868 – 9 January 1931) was a tennis player competing for France, and a writer, known under the pseudonym of Claude Anet. He reached two singles finals at the Amateur French Championships, winning in 1892 over the American player Francis Louis Fassitt, and losing in 1893 to Laurent Riboulet.
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Jean Schopfer studied at University of Paris and École du Louvre. The recorded working language is French. Works named in the authority record are Mademoiselle Bourrat. Work by Jean Schopfer is recorded in the collections of Geldersch Landschap en Kasteelen and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and Montyon Prize.
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• Name — Jean Schopfer • Pen Name — Claude Anet • Born — 28 May 1868 • Birthplace — Morges, Switzerland • Died — 9 January 1931 • Place of death — Paris, France • Education — Sorbonne École du Louvre • Notable Works — Ariane, jeune fille russe
Biography
Biography
Schopfer was born 28 May 1868, Morges, Switzerland. Educated at the Sorbonne and the École du Louvre, Schopfer started writing in 1899.
Mayerling
Mayerling
Under the name Claude Anet, Schopfer published many books, including La Révolution Russe, written after a trip to Russia during World War I, Mayerling, based on the Mayerling Incident, and Simon Kra, a biography of tennis player Suzanne Lenglen. His 1920 novel Ariane, jeune fille russe has been adapted into a number of films including Ariane and Love in the Afternoon. He died on 9 January 1931 in Paris.
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Morges.
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- 1.Yves Martin. Mayerling. Imda.net. Revue Le Matricule des Anges,. sept 1996.
- 2.Archives de Paris 7e, acte de décès , année 1931 (vue 7/31)
- 3.Ce résultat est celui de la petite finale (« all comers' final »), le vainqueur de l'année précédente ne s'étant pas aligné pour la grande finale (« challenge round ») à laquelle il était directement qualifié.
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- Voyage idéal en Italie (1899)
- Petite Ville (1901)
- Les Bergeries (1904)
- Notes sur l'amour (1908), réédité en 1922
- Les Roses d'Ispahan - La Perse en Automobile, à travers la Russie et le Caucase (1906)
- La Révolution russe, chroniques 1917-1920
- Ariane, jeune fille russe (1920)
- Omar Khayyam, Les 144 quatrains d'Omar Khayyam, traduits littéralement par Claude Anet et Mirza Muhammad
- Quand la terre trembla (1921)
- Feuilles persanes (1924)
- Mademoiselle Bourrat, comédie en quatre actes, comédie des Champs-Élysées, (Grasset, 1924)
- La Fille perdue, pièce en trois actes, théâtre des Arts, (Grasset 1924)
- La Fin d'un monde (1925)
- Adolescence (1925)
- La Perse et l'esprit persan (1925)
- La Rive d'Asie (1927)
- Madame de Sées (1927)
- Suzanne Lenglen (1927)
- L'Amour en Russie (1930)
- Mayerling (1930)
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