Émile Bergerat (29 April 1845 â€" 13 October 1923) was a French poet,
playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué (the
masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from The Tempest
by William Shakespeare). A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine opposite his
flat bears his name.Bergerat was born in Paris. An essayist for
Voltaire and Figaro, head of the La Vie moderne review under the
editorship of Georges Charpentier and a member of the Académie
Goncourt, he was the son in law of Théophile Gautier and the brother
in law of Théophile Gautier (fils). Émile Bergerat married Estelle
Gautier, daughter of Théophile Gautier, and they had one son, Théo
Bergerat, director and radio essayist.[1] Théophile wrote in a letter
to Carlotta Grisi that Émile wasBergerat died in Neuilly-sur-Seine,
aged 78.
playwright and essayist. He used the pseudonyms l'Homme masqué (the
masked man), Caliban and Ariel (the latter two drawn from The Tempest
by William Shakespeare). A library in Neuilly-sur-Seine opposite his
flat bears his name.Bergerat was born in Paris. An essayist for
Voltaire and Figaro, head of the La Vie moderne review under the
editorship of Georges Charpentier and a member of the Académie
Goncourt, he was the son in law of Théophile Gautier and the brother
in law of Théophile Gautier (fils). Émile Bergerat married Estelle
Gautier, daughter of Théophile Gautier, and they had one son, Théo
Bergerat, director and radio essayist.[1] Théophile wrote in a letter
to Carlotta Grisi that Émile wasBergerat died in Neuilly-sur-Seine,
aged 78.
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