Robert de Bonnières
Robert de Wierre de Bonnières (7 April 1850, in Paris – 7 April 1905) was a French poet, composer, novelist, travel writer, journalist at Le Figaro and Le Gaulois, and literary critic. He was well acquainted with all literary figures of the period - Guy de Maupassant dedicated his novela La Folle to Bonnières in 1882. He collaborated with several composers, notably Vincent d'Indy who set several of his poems and provided the libretto for Indy's opéra comique Attendez-moi de, based on his own story Saugefleurie of 1885.
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Robert de Bonnières
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- Born
- 1850. · Paris.
- Died
- 1905. · Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- journalist, poet, writer, literary critic and novelist.
- Education
- Collège Stanislas de Paris.
- Honours
- prix Archon-Despérouses.
- Languages
- French.
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Robert de Wierre de Bonnières (7 April 1850, in Paris – 7 April 1905) was a French poet, composer, novelist, travel writer, journalist at Le Figaro and Le Gaulois, and literary critic. He was well acquainted with all literary figures of the period - Guy de Maupassant dedicated his novela La Folle to Bonnières in 1882. He collaborated with several composers, notably Vincent d'Indy who set several of his poems and provided the libretto for Indy's opéra comique Attendez-moi de, based on his own story Saugefleurie of 1885.
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Robert de Bonnières studied at Collège Stanislas de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are prix Archon-Despérouses.
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1850
Robert de Bonnières was born on 1 January 1850.
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Robert de Bonnières died on 1 January 1905.
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- 1.Théophile Gautier Correspondance Generale Page 516 ed Claudine Lacoste, "Robert de Bonnières (1850-1905), chroniqueur au Figaro et au Gaulois sous les pseudonymes de Janus et de Robert Estienne, rient un salon littéraire fort couru. Ses chroniques ont été publiées en 1885 sous le titre Mémoires d'aujourd'hui."
- 2.La dernière illusion de Leconte de Lisle: Lettres inédites Page 70 Charles-Marie Leconte de Lisle, Émilie Leforestier, Irving Putter - 1968 "Robert de Bonnières, 1850-1905, brillant collaborateur au Figaro et au Gaulois sous les pseudonymes Janus et Henri Estienne, il fut aussi romancier et auteur de contes en vers. Avec sa charmante femme, il fut assidu aux samedis du ..."
- 3.Lettres à André Gide (1891-1911) 1972 Page 44 Henri de Régnier, ed. David J. Niederauer - "Robert de Wierre de Bonnières (1850-1905). Journaliste au Figaro sous le pseudonyme de Janus, collaborateur du Gaulois."
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