Portrait of Édouard Martin
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Author

Édouard Martin

French writer

Born
1828, Paris
Died
July 12, 1866, Paris
Nationality
France
Occupation
Writer and playwright

Life and work

Édouard Martin, full name Édouard Joseph Martin, (19 July 1825 – 13 July 1866) was a 19th-century French playwright.

When he was a young dramatist and a friend of Edmond About and Théophile Gautier, Édouard Martin was known for the comedies he wrote in collaboration with Eugène Labiche, Albert Monnier and Paul Siraudin, during the Second French Empire.

Suffering from mental illness in 1864, he died at the municipal nursing home Dubois (today hôpital Fernand-Widal) 13 July 1866. At his burial at Saint-Denis on 14 July, it was Léon Gozlan who delivered his eulogy.

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Collection

Books by Édouard Martin

1 book