Eugène Guinot | |
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Illustration from L'été à Bade (1861) by Eugène Guinot
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Born | 8 April 1805 Marseille |
Died | 9 February 1861 Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
(aged 55)
Occupation | Playwright, journalist |
Eugène Guinot (8 April 1805 – 9 February 1861) was a French journalist, writer and playwright, creator of the Parisian chronique
He collaborated among others with the Revue de Paris and Le Siècle, signing sometimes his texts under the pen names Paul Vermond or Pierre Durand. A trendy writer in his time, he authored many serial published by great publishing houses such as Hetzel, Hachette or Michel Lévy Frères among others. His plays were presented in the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique etc.