Full Name Paul Henry de Kock Born 25 April 1819 Paris Occupation Novelist
playwright
chansonnier Died 14 April 1892, Limeil-Brévannes, France | ||
Paul Henry de Kock, better known as Paul Henry de Kock, (25 April 1819 – 14 April 1892) was an 19th-century French playwright, novelist, and chansonnier, famous for his salacious novels.
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Biography
The son of Paul de Kock, he wrote feuilletons which gained a significant success such as La Voleuse d’amour (1863), L’Auberge des treize pendus (1866), Folies de jeunesse (1866), Ni fille, ni femme, ni veuve (1867), La Fille de son père (1869), Mademoiselle ma femme (1868) or Les Douze travaux d’Ursule (1885).
His Histoire des célèbres courtisanes, his most famous work, translated into four languages, had nine editions from 1869 to 2008.
His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th-century, including the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, the Théâtre du Vaudeville, and the Théâtre Beaumarchais.