Theophile Gautier biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Theophile Gautier

Author Name:

Theophile Gautier

Born As:

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautie

Other Names:

Pierre Jules Théophile Gautie

Born:

30 Aug 1811

Died:

23 Oct 1872




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Novelist, journalistoet, dramatist, poet and literary critic                          
Selected Works:

Un Voyage en Espagne - 1843

La Juive de Constantine - 1846 - text unavailable

Regardez mais ne touchez pas - 1847 -  written less by Gautier than his collaborators
Pierrot en Espagne - 1847 -uncertain if Gautier wrote it
L’Amour souffle où il veut - 1850 - begun, never completed
Une Larme du diable - 1839 - "The Devil's Tear"
Le Tricorne enchanté - 1845 - "The Magic Hat"
La Fausse Conversion - 1846 - "The False Conversion"
Pierrot Posthume - 1847.

Novels:

Mademoiselle de Maupin - 1835
Le Roman de La Momie - 1858
Le Capitaine Fracasse - 1863

Short Stories:

La Morte Amoureuse - 1836.                          
Mother Antoinette-Adelaïde Concarde
Father Pierre Gautier
Wife Ernesta Grisi-Gautier, two daughters Estelle and Judith.