Paul Avenel (9 October 1823 – 14 April 1902) was a 19th-century French writer, poet, goguettier, playwright, chansonnier and journalist. He was the elder brother of historian Georges Avenel [fr].

Paul Avenel
Portrait by Pierre Petit[1]
Born9 October 1823
Died14 April 1902(1902-04-14) (aged 78)
Occupation(s)writer, poet, goguettier, playwright, chansonnier, journalist

Graduated in 1840 from an école supérieure de commerce, Avenel started studying medicine in 1845 and was an ardent student of Roux, Orfila and Velpeau.

After the 1848 Revolution led him into journalism, he collaborated with many literary and political newspapers. He established and directed le Daguerréotype théâtral [2] Le Journal de la jeunesse [fr], worked for the Lycée français, the Mousquetaire, etc. He also wrote poetry, theatre plays and novels.

Avenel was a member of the Goguette de la Lice chansonnière [fr], the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques, the Société des gens de lettres and the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique.

Works

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M.elle Fonti, costume design for La revanche de Candaule (undated).
Poetry
  • 1855: Alcôve et Boudoir, scènes de la comédie humaine
  • L’Antichambre en amour, comedy in verse
  • 1867: Les Chansons
  • 1870: Les Chansons politiques
Theatre
Novels
  • Le Coin du feu;
  • 1852: Les Tablettes d’un fou ou le Voyage entre deux mondes, 2 vol.
  • Les Étudiants de Paris;
  • Les Calicots;
  • 1860: Le Roi de Paris, roman historique;
  • 1864: Le Duc des Moines, roman historique;
  • Les Lipans ou les Brigands normands, etc.

References

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  1. ^ Photographic portrait by Pierre Petit and reproduced in La Lice chansonnière, n°1, January 1893.
  2. ^ Daguerréotype théâtral issues available on Gallica, BnF digital library.

Sources

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  • Ernest Glaeser, Biographie nationale des contemporains, Paris, Glaeser et Cie, 1878, p. 14.
  • Louis Henry Lecomte Galerie de chansonniers, Paul Avenel, La Chanson, n°5, September 1878, p. 59.