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Jules Mary

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Jules Mary
Born20 March 1851
Died27 July 1922
Paris, France
OccupationWriter

Jules Mary (March 20, 1851 – July 27, 1922) was a French novelist. His melodramas were traditionally popular subjects for adaptation by filmmakers, and his best-known work Roger la Honte has been made into films five times.[1]

Biography

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He was born in 1851 in the Ardennes. His father, Pierre Mary, was a hosier and his mother, Anne Marie Julie Lacatte, had no occupation.[2] He went to school in his village, then to the minor seminary in Charleville. It was there that he met Arthur Rimbaud, with whom he formed a close.[3]

Selected works

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Filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.311
  2. ^ "Acte de naissance (image 98/632)". Archives départementales des Ardennes. Registre des actes d'état-civil de Launois 1848-1869.
  3. ^ Jean-Jacques Lefrère, Arthur Rimbaud, Paris, Fayard, 2001, p. 59-60.

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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