Paul Margueritte

Paul Margueritte (20 February 1860 – 29 December 1918) was a French author and amateur mime who wrote several pantomimes, most notably Pierrot assassin de sa femme (Théâtre de Valvins, 1881) and, in collaboration with Fernand Beissier, Colombine pardonnée (Cercle Funambulesque, 1888) as well as a novelist.

Paul Margueritte
Margueritte in 1900
Born	Paul Margueritte (1860-02-20)20 February 1860 Laghouat, French Algeria
Died	29 December 1918(1918-12-29) (aged 58) Hossegor, France
Occupations	Mime artist author
Years active	1882–1918
Children	2, Ève Paul-Margueritte, Lucie Paul-Margueritte
Parent	Jean Auguste Margueritte
Relatives	Victor Margueritte (brother)

Paul Margueritte was born in French Algeria, the son of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823–1870), who was mortally wounded in the Battle of Sedan. An account of his life was published by Paul Margueritte as Mon père (1884; enlarged ed., 1897). Paul's name is generally associated with that of his brother, Victor, because of their frequent collaboration.

Margueritte, who has given a picture of his home in Algiers in Le Jardin du passé (1895), was sent to the military school of La Flèche for the sons of officers, and became in 1880 clerk to the minister of public instruction.

Margueritte, along with Paul Bonnetain, J. H. Rosny, Lucien Descaves, and Gustave Guiches, released "The Manifesto of the Five" in Le Figaro in 1887 attacking the profane Realism of Emile Zola's Le Terre. He is the author of a Lesbian novel, entitled Tous Quatre.

The authors Lucie Paul-Margueritte and Ève Paul-Margueritte were his daughters.

References

• This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Margueritte, Paul and Victor". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

External links

• Works by Paul Margueritte at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Paul Margueritte at the Internet Archive