Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson | |
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Born | 23 March 1803 Former
6th arrondissement of Paris |
Died | 24 July 1879 6th arrondissement of Paris | (aged 76)
Occupation(s) | Playwright, journalist, writer |
Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson (2 germinal an XI, 23 March 1803 [1] – 24 July 1879) was a 19th-century French writer, journalist and playwright.
A specialist of puns and journalistic "canards" (false report launched in the media in order to mislead the public), Commerson wrote many humorous books, including Pensées d'un emballeur pour faire suite aux « Maximes » de François de La Rochefoucauld (1851), Un million de bouffonneries (1854), Le Petit Tintamarre (1857), La Petite Encyclopédie bouffonne (1860) and Un million de chiquenaudes et menus propos tirés de la Gazette de Merluchon (1880).
He also authored comédies en vaudevilles, alone or in collaboration, and established the periodical Le Tam-tam.
He signed most of his works of his surname but only occasionally used the pen names Joseph-Prudhomme and Joseph Citrouillard.
Le Tam-tam, magazine hebdomadaire de littérature, d'arts, de sciences et d'industrie was a newspaper published by Commerson from 1835. It would change titles several times during its publication: Le Tam-tam républicain, organe des clubs (March 1848) ; Le Tam-tam de 1848 (July 1848).
Jean-Baptiste Dalès called Dalès ainé collaborated with this paper which is sometimes called "former Tam-Tam" to distinguish it from two other publications by Commerson:
According to Jacques Rouvière, the sentence "Cities should be built in the country, the air is healthier"", generally attributed to Alphonse Allais, is to be found in the Pensées d'un emballeur by Commerson. [2] In fact, it seems that this joke already was in Le Pamphlet provisoire illustré (1848). [3]
Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson | |
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| |
Born | 23 March 1803 Former
6th arrondissement of Paris |
Died | 24 July 1879 6th arrondissement of Paris | (aged 76)
Occupation(s) | Playwright, journalist, writer |
Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson (2 germinal an XI, 23 March 1803 [1] – 24 July 1879) was a 19th-century French writer, journalist and playwright.
A specialist of puns and journalistic "canards" (false report launched in the media in order to mislead the public), Commerson wrote many humorous books, including Pensées d'un emballeur pour faire suite aux « Maximes » de François de La Rochefoucauld (1851), Un million de bouffonneries (1854), Le Petit Tintamarre (1857), La Petite Encyclopédie bouffonne (1860) and Un million de chiquenaudes et menus propos tirés de la Gazette de Merluchon (1880).
He also authored comédies en vaudevilles, alone or in collaboration, and established the periodical Le Tam-tam.
He signed most of his works of his surname but only occasionally used the pen names Joseph-Prudhomme and Joseph Citrouillard.
Le Tam-tam, magazine hebdomadaire de littérature, d'arts, de sciences et d'industrie was a newspaper published by Commerson from 1835. It would change titles several times during its publication: Le Tam-tam républicain, organe des clubs (March 1848) ; Le Tam-tam de 1848 (July 1848).
Jean-Baptiste Dalès called Dalès ainé collaborated with this paper which is sometimes called "former Tam-Tam" to distinguish it from two other publications by Commerson:
According to Jacques Rouvière, the sentence "Cities should be built in the country, the air is healthier"", generally attributed to Alphonse Allais, is to be found in the Pensées d'un emballeur by Commerson. [2] In fact, it seems that this joke already was in Le Pamphlet provisoire illustré (1848). [3]