François Buloz (20 September 1803 â€" 12 January 1877)[1] was a
French littérateur, magazine editor, and theater administrator.He was
born in Vulbens, Haute-Savoie, near Geneva, and died in
Paris.[2]Originally employed as a chemist, and then as a printer and
proofreader, he became the editor of the Revue des deux Mondes 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, Victor Hugo,
Alfred de Vigny, Alfred de Musset, George Sand, Balzac, Dumas père
and eventually Octave Feuillet, Hippolyte Taine and Ernest Renan.From
17 October 1838 to 2 March 1848, Buloz was chief administrator of the
Comédie-Française.
French littérateur, magazine editor, and theater administrator.He was
born in Vulbens, Haute-Savoie, near Geneva, and died in
Paris.[2]Originally employed as a chemist, and then as a printer and
proofreader, he became the editor of the Revue des deux Mondes 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, Victor Hugo,
Alfred de Vigny, Alfred de Musset, George Sand, Balzac, Dumas père
and eventually Octave Feuillet, Hippolyte Taine and Ernest Renan.From
17 October 1838 to 2 March 1848, Buloz was chief administrator of the
Comédie-Française.
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