Marc Michel
Marc-Antoine-Amédée Michel, known as Marc-Michel (22 July 1812 in Marseille – 12 March 1868 in Paris) was a French poet, playwright and journalist. He is perhaps best known today for the 1851 farce he co-wrote with Eugène Marin Labiche, The Italian Straw Hat, since then adapted many times to stage and screen.
Also recorded as Marc Antoine Amédée Michel
Marc Michel
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- Name
- Marc-Michel
- Birth Name
- Marc-Antoine-Amédée Michel
- Born
- 22 July 1812
- Birthplace
- Marseille, French Empire
- Died
- 12 March 1868 22 July 1812
- Place of death
- Paris, French Empire
- Occupation
- Poet, playwright, journalist
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
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Marc-Antoine-Amédée Michel, known as Marc-Michel (22 July 1812 in Marseille – 12 March 1868 in Paris) was a French poet, playwright and journalist. He is perhaps best known today for the 1851 farce he co-wrote with Eugène Marin Labiche, The Italian Straw Hat, since then adapted many times to stage and screen.
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• Name — Marc-Michel • Birth Name — Marc-Antoine-Amédée Michel • Born — 22 July 1812 • Birthplace — Marseille, French Empire • Died — 12 March 1868 22 July 1812 • Place of death — Paris, French Empire • Occupation — Poet, playwright, journalist
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He began his studies in Aix-en-Provence in 1821 at the collège Saint-Louis, run by the Jesuits.
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1812
Marc Michel born at Marseille.
1868
Marc Michel died at Paris.
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- 1.Mathieu Richard Auguste Henrion, Vie du révérend père Loriquet de la Compagnie de Jésus : écrite d'après sa correspondance et ses ouvrages inédits, Poussielgue-Rusand, 1845, 207
- 2.Edmond Antoine Poinsot, Dictionnaire des pseudonymes, E. Dentu, 1849, 72 (lire en ligne)
- 3.Émile Fontaine.
- 4.référence nécessaire Il semble y avoir deux raisons à cela : d'une part, Labiche désirait depuis de nombreuses années élever le niveau de ses œuvres, et Marc-Michel ne lui paraissait pas être le collaborateur adéquat pour cela ; d'autre part, le caractère de plus en plus difficile de Marc-Michel rendait pénibles leurs séances de travail.
- 5.Quand l'amour s'en va ...: comédie en un acte
- 6.Catalogue général de la librairie française: 1840-1875. Table des matières
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