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Louis Artus

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Occupation
  
Writer, dramatist

Born
  
10 January 1870
8th arrondissement of Paris

Died
  
11 May 1960, 6th arrondissement of Paris, Paris, France

Louis Artus (10 January 1870 - 11 May 1960) was a French writer.

A dramatist, playwright, novelist and critic, he began his career with parts in verse such as La Duchesse Putiphar. After studying with the Jesuits (in France and England), Louis Artus, who regularly attended literary circles, collaborated with various newspapers like Le Gaulois, Excelsior, L'Intransigeant, Le Petit Journal, etc. He reveals deeply Christian, attracted by the mysticism of the Middle Ages, and wrote several novels of Catholic inspiration

He has authored several boulevard plays :

  • 1905 : Cœur de moineau
  • 1907 : L'Amour en banque
  • 1907 : L'Ingénu libertin
  • 1910 : Le Petit Dieu
  • 1929 : Un homme d'hier

    • He has also written novels, particularly his famour trilogy :

  • 1918 : La Maison du fou (chronique de Saint-Léonard), éd. Emile-Paul frères
  • 1918 : La Maison du sage (histoire d'un crime), éd. Emile-Paul frères
  • 1922 Le Vin de ta vigne (nouvelle chronique de Saint-Léonard), éd. Emile-Paul frères

    • and

  • 1926 : La chercheuse d'amour, éd. Bernard Grasset
  • 1928 : Les chiens de Dieu, éd. Bernard Grasset
  • 1930 : Au soir de Port-Royal, éd. Bernard Grasset
  • 1932 : Paix sur la terre ?, éd. Bernard Grasset
  • 1939 : L'hérésie du bonheur, éd. Plon
  • 1945 : La plus belle histoire d'amour du monde, éd. Denoël

    • Comedian

  • 1909 : Beethoven by René Fauchois, directed by André Antoine at the Théâtre de l'Odéon

    • References

    Louis Artus Wikipedia
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