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Prosper Mérimée
Prosper Mérimée was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great aff…
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culture · French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870) · anthropologist · archaeologist · historian · translator · politician · writer · painter · playwright · Inspector general of the Historical Monuments · draftsperson · also Prosper Mérimée, Prosper Merimée, Prosper Merimee, Prosper Mériméé, Próspero Mériméé, Prosper Mérimé
Born 28 September 1803 · Died 23 September 1870 · Q160333
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2026· 2 entries
MutualArt.com: Prosper Mérimée
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2024· 2 entries
Ouest-France: Abandonnée, la tombe de Prosper Mérimée à Cannes pourrait être classée monument historique
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Tehran Times: Prosper Mérimée’s “Carmen and Other Stories” published in Persian
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2023· 1 entry
L'indépendant: Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque : Prosper Mérimée s’était pris de passion pour le Roussillon
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2022· 4 entries
lamontagne.fr: Le coup de foudre de Prosper Mérimée pour les tapisseries de la Dame à la Licorne découvertes au château de Boussac (Creuse)
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Fabula: Séminaire Prosper Mérimée (Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3)
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The Atlantic: The Life and Times of Prosper Mérimée
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L'indépendant: Conférence à Torreilles : Prosper Mérimée et sa découverte du Roussillon
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2021· 1 entry
Linternaute.com: Prosper Mérimée : biographie courte de l'auteur de Carmen
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2014· 2 entries
Le télégramme: 1835. Prosper Mérimée découvre la Bretagne
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Sud Ouest: Saintes : des aquarelles de Prosper Mérimée
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2007· 1 entry
Fabula: Colloque: Prosper Mérimée
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1873· 1 entry
After his death, she published all of his letters under the title Lettres à une inconnue, or "Letters to an Unknown", in several volumes
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1870· 2 entries
Died 1870-09-23.
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“Comme tous les hommes, il était beaucoup plus éloquent pour demander que pour remercier.”
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1869· 1 entry
Wrote to his friend Albert Stapfer that "Russian is the most beautiful language in Europe, not excepting Greek
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1868· 1 entry
To transfer two antique Roman busts from the British Museum to the Louvre, and to see his friend Anthony Panizzi, the director of the British Museum
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1866· 1 entry
One consolation for Mérimée in his last years was a reconciliation with Delessert in 1866.
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1861· 1 entry
Were purchased by the French state and brought to Paris, where they were restored and put on display in the Musée national du Moyen Âge, which Mérimée had helped create, where they can be seen today
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1859· 1 entry
Visited Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Spain, where he attended his last bullfight
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1853· 2 entries
Was to become the Empress Eugénie, the wife of Emperor Napoleon III
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Though he remained the chief inspector of monuments until 1860
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1852· 1 entry
Published a scholarly article, An Episode of the History of Russia; the False Dimitri, in the Revue des Deux Mondes
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1850· 3 entries
Arranged for the crypt of Saint-Laurent in Grenoble to be classified as an historical monument
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In 1850, eight years after the death of Stendhal, Mérimée wrote a brief brochure of sixteen pages describing the romantic adventures that he and Stendhal had had together in Paris, leaving most of the names blank.
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Eight years after the death of Stendhal, Mérimée wrote a brief brochure of sixteen pages describing the romantic adventures that he and Stendhal had had together in Paris, leaving most of the names blank
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1849· 2 entries
Assisted her when she asked that the paintings in the church of Nohant, where she lived, be classified, which he did
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Helped organize a successful campaign to preserve the medieval Citadel of Carcassonne
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1847· 1 entry
Read Boris Godunov by Alexander Pushkin in French, and wanted to read all of Pushkin in the original language
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1844· 2 entries
Career landmark: seat 25 of the Académie française (1844–1870).
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Sand wrote a novel about them and correctly dated them to the 15th century, using the ladies' costumes for reference
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1842· 2 entries
The early death of Stendhal in Paris on 23 March 1842, shocked Mérimée.
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Arranged for the French state to purchase a medieval building, the Hôtel d'Cluny, as well as the adjoining ruins of the Roman baths
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1841· 1 entry
During one of his inspection tours, he stayed at the Château of Boussac, Creuse in the Limousin district of central France, in the company of George Sand, who lived nearby
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1840· 2 entries
Worked the first time for Mérimeé; in one month he designed a solution which prevented the collapse of the medieval Vézelay Abbey
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Published the first official List of Historic Monuments in France, with 934 entries
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1837· 1 entry
They traveled together to Rome and Naples in November 1837, but in his correspondence Stendhal complained of the vanity of Mérimée and called him "his Pedantry, Mister Academus".
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1834· 1 entry
In the discovery and preservation of The Lady and the Unicorn tapestries; he declared the tapestries were of historic value, and she publicized them in one of her novels
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1833· 1 entry
Had a brief romantic liaison with the writer George Sand, which ended unhappily
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1832· 1 entry
Victor Hugo wrote an article for the Revue des deux Mondes which declared war against the "massacre of ancient stones" and the "demolishers" of France's past
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1831· 1 entry
Began a relationship by correspondence with Jenny Dacquin
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1830· 3 entries
And she became his mistress in 1836, when he was visiting Chartres, where her husband had been named Prefect
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Mérimée met Delessert in 1830, and she became his mistress in 1836, when he was visiting Chartres, where her husband had been named Prefect.
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Attended the riotous premiere of Hugo's play Hernani, bringing with him a group of friends, including Stendhal and the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, to support Hugo
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1829· 1 entry
Mérimée found a new literary genre that perfectly suited his talents; the nouvelle or novella, essentially a long short story or short novel
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1824· 2 entries
And became a professor at the Sorbonne, a member of College of France, a holder of the Legion of Honor, and the Inspector General of Libraries of France
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And the regime of the new King, Charles X, was much more authoritarian and reactionary
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1822· 2 entries
At the salons, he met Henri Beyle, twenty years older, who became one of his closest friends, and later became famous as a novelist under the pen name of Stendhal
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Passed the legal examinations and received his license to practice law
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1820· 2 entries
Began to study law, planning for a position in the royal administration
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Translated the works of Ossian, the presumed ancient Gaelic poet, into French
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1816· 1 entry
By Alexandre de Laborde, who wrote the first list of "Monuments of France"
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1807· 1 entry
His father was named Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Painting and Sculpture
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1806· 1 entry
Was the daughter of Count Alexandre de Laborde, aide-de-camp to King Louis Philippe, and she was married to Gabriel Delessert, a prominent banker and real estate developer, who was twenty years older
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1803· 1 entry
Born 1803-09-28.
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