Died 18 April 1861, Paris, France | ||
Eug ne woestyn biographie
Abuffard Eugène Augustin Woestyn (Orléans, 1813 - Paris, 18 April 1861) was an 19th-century French playwright, librettist, poet, journalist, chansonnier and writer.
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Woestyn met Victor Hugo at 14 and had him read his poems. He later became a critic and editor for Le Figaro, and by his profession, left a correspondence with authors like Honoré de Balzac from 1840. He also participated with the Journal du dimanche or among others with Le Gaulois, was a chief editor of the Foyer (1843) and wrote many articles, sometimes polemical, which led to a major quarrel with Frédérick Lemaître. In 1857, he also became chief editor of the Blason de l'Industrie française and in 1858 of the Figaro-programme.
His plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century, including the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique.