Arthur Bernède (5 January 1871 â€" 20 March 1937) was a French
writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwright.Bernède was born in
Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine department, in Brittany. In 1919, Bernède
joined forces with actor René Navarre, who had played Fantômas in
the Louis Feuillade serials, and writer Gaston Leroux, the creator of
Rouletabille, to launch the Société des Cinéromans, a production
company that would produce films and novels simultaneously. Bernède
published almost 200 adventure, mystery, and historical novels. His
best-known characters are Belphégor, Judex, Mandrin, and Vidocq.
Bernède also collaborated on plays, poems, and opera libretti with
Paul de Choudens; including several operas by Félix
Fourdrain.Bernède also wrote the libretti for a number of operas,
among them Jules Massenet's Sapho and Camille Erlanger's L'Aube rouge.
writer, poet, opera librettist, and playwright.Bernède was born in
Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine department, in Brittany. In 1919, Bernède
joined forces with actor René Navarre, who had played Fantômas in
the Louis Feuillade serials, and writer Gaston Leroux, the creator of
Rouletabille, to launch the Société des Cinéromans, a production
company that would produce films and novels simultaneously. Bernède
published almost 200 adventure, mystery, and historical novels. His
best-known characters are Belphégor, Judex, Mandrin, and Vidocq.
Bernède also collaborated on plays, poems, and opera libretti with
Paul de Choudens; including several operas by Félix
Fourdrain.Bernède also wrote the libretti for a number of operas,
among them Jules Massenet's Sapho and Camille Erlanger's L'Aube rouge.
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