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Abel Hermant
Abel Hermant (3 February 1862 – 29 September 1950) was a French novelist, playwright, essayist and writer, and member of the Académie française.
Life and career.
Hermant was born in Paris, the son of an architect. He received a degree from the École Normale Supérieure in 1880, and published his first volume of verse in 1883, "The Contempt". After several youthful novels, he moved to ironic analysis of the popular mores of the Belle Époque and achieved popular success.
- "Monsieur" (1964)
Theatre.
- "Chaîne anglaise" by Camille Oudinot and Abel Hermant, Théâtre du Vaudeville (1906)
- "Les Jacobines" by Abel Hermant, Théâtre du Vaudeville (1907)
- "Chérubin" by Francis de Croisset, Théâtre Fémina (1908)
- "La Sonate à Kreutzer" by Fernand Nozière and Alfred Savoir (1910)
- "Bel Ami" (1912)
- "Les Éclaireuses" by Maurice Donnay, Comédie Marigny (1913