Eugène Guinot (8 April 1805 – 9 February 1861) was a French journalist, writer and playwright, creator of the Parisian chronique [1]

Eugène Guinot
Illustration from L'été à Bade (1861) by Eugène Guinot
Born	8 April 1805 Marseille
Died	9 February 1861(1861-02-09) (aged 55) Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Occupation	Playwright, journalist

Biography

He collaborated among others with the Revue de Paris and Le Siècle, signing sometimes his texts under the pen names Paul Vermond or Pierre Durand. A trendy writer in his time, he authored many serial published by great publishing houses such as Hetzel, Hachette or Michel Lévy Frères among others. His plays were presented in the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre des Variétés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Gymnase-Dramatique etc.

Works

Bibliography

• Zénaïde Fleuriot, Alfred Nettement, Victor Lecoffre, La Semaine des familles: revue universelle hebdomadaire, 1861, p. 352 (nécrologie) (Read on line)[2]
• J. Madival, Annuaire des faits, résumé universel chronologique..., 1862, p. 62[3]
• Gustave Vapereau, Dictionnaire universel des contemporains, 1865, p. 816 (Read on line)
• Pierre Guiral, Félix Reynaud, Les Marseillais dans l'histoire, 1988, p. 138
• Stéphane Michaud, Flora Tristan, la paria et son rêve: correspondance, 2003, p. 90
• Pierre Échinard, Marseille à la une: l'âge d'or de la presse au XIXe siècle, 2007, p. 48-50

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