Narcisse Louis Pierre Fournier (24 November 1809 – 24 April 1880) was a French journalist, novelist and playwright.

Life

He began his literary career aged 22 with two pieces, les Secrets de Cœur and la Poupée. From then on he produced a large number of comedies, vaudevilles and dramas (most often in collaboration), a few novels and articles in several reviews, notably the Revue britannique. He also translated English and German works. His works include - un Grand Orateur (1837) ; les Suites d’une faute, 1838 ; Un roman intime; le Bonheur d’être fou ; l’Homme au masque de fer ; le Jeune Père ; un Mari qui n’a rien à faire ; les Absences de Monsieur ; Pénicaut le somnanbule ; M. Candaule ou le roi des maris, la Partie de piquet ; le Mal de la peur ; Struensée ou la reine et le favori ; À la belle étoile ; Alexis Petrovich ; Histoire d’un espion politique.

Examinateur at the Théâtre-Français

Comédie-Française

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 and the Théâtre du Vaudeville

Théâtre du Vaudeville

The Théâtre du Vaudeville was a theatre in Paris. It opened on 12 January 1792 on rue de Chartres. Its directors, Piis and Barré, mainly put on "petites pièces mêlées de couplets sur des airs connus", including vaudevilles....

, Fournier was a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

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Source

• Société bibliographique, Revue bibliographique universelle, 2e série, t. 11, Paris, Aux bureaux du Polybiblion, 1880, p. 546

External links

• Works by and about Narcisse Fournier at Internet Archive
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