(Sub-Saharan) Paths of PraxisSupport

Mérimée

Prosper Mérimée · French writer, archaeologist and historian (1803–1870) · 1803–1870

Appears in 3 videos · 3 passages.

Portrait: MériméeWho is this?

Prosper Mérimée (French:; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an important figure in the history of architectural preservation. He is best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera of the same name. He learned Russian, a language for which he had great affection, before translating the work of several notable Russian writers, including Pushkin and Gogol, into French. […]

Read the article on Wikipedia

Text: Wikipédia, CC BY-SA 4.0, excerpt · Portrait: Charles Reutlinger, Public domain

Search any author, concept or word across all of Dominique Pagani's videos and writings