François Buloz was a French

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 littérateur, magazine editor, and theater administrator.

He was born in Vulbens

Vulbens

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, Haute-Savoie

Haute-Savoie

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, near Geneva

Geneva

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, and died in Paris

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Originally employed as a chemist

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, and then as a printer

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 and proofreader, he became the editor of the Revue des deux Mondes

Revue des deux mondes

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in 1831. Making an audacious change in its direction, Buloz took to the magazine to the pinnacle of French publishing by bringing in some of France's most celebrated literary talent: Sainte-Beuve

Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

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, Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

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, Alfred de Vigny

Alfred de Vigny

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, Alfred de Musset

Alfred de Musset

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, George Sand

George Sand

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, Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

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, Dumas père

Alexandre Dumas, père

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 and eventually Octave Feuillet

Octave Feuillet

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, Hippolyte Taine

Hippolyte Taine

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 and Ernest Renan

Ernest Renan

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From October 17, 1838 to March 2, 1848, Buloz was chief administrator

Administrators of the Comédie-Française

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 of the Comédie-Française

Comédie-Française

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