Georges Courteline born Georges Victor Marcel Moinaux (25 June 1858
â€" 25 June 1929) was a French dramatist and novelist, a satirist
notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor.His family moved from
Tours in Indre-et-Loire to Paris shortly after his birth. During the
time of the Paris Commune, at age 13, he was sent to school in Meaux
and after graduation in 1876, he went on to serve in the French
military before taking a job as a civil servant. Interested in poetry
and authorship, he became involved writing poetry reviews and was part
of a small newspaper. By the 1890s, he had begun writing plays under
the name Courteline for the theatres of Montmartre where he
lived.Gifted with a quick wit, he became a leading dramatist,
producing many plays as well as a number of novels. The overall tone
of his works was satirical in nature, often making fun of everything
from the wealthy elitists of Paris to the bloated government
bureaucracies. In 1899, Courteline was awarded the Legion of Honour
and in 1926 was elected to the Académie Goncourt.
â€" 25 June 1929) was a French dramatist and novelist, a satirist
notable for his sharp wit and cynical humor.His family moved from
Tours in Indre-et-Loire to Paris shortly after his birth. During the
time of the Paris Commune, at age 13, he was sent to school in Meaux
and after graduation in 1876, he went on to serve in the French
military before taking a job as a civil servant. Interested in poetry
and authorship, he became involved writing poetry reviews and was part
of a small newspaper. By the 1890s, he had begun writing plays under
the name Courteline for the theatres of Montmartre where he
lived.Gifted with a quick wit, he became a leading dramatist,
producing many plays as well as a number of novels. The overall tone
of his works was satirical in nature, often making fun of everything
from the wealthy elitists of Paris to the bloated government
bureaucracies. In 1899, Courteline was awarded the Legion of Honour
and in 1926 was elected to the Académie Goncourt.
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