Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

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Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (24 November 1808 – 29 September 1890) was a French critic, journalist, and novelist.[1][2]

Life

Karr was born in Paris to German pianist and composer Henri Karr (1784–1842), and after being educated at the Collège Bourbon, became a teacher there. Some of his novels, including his first, Script error: No such module "Lang". (1832), were autobiographical romances. A second novel, Script error: No such module "Lang"., followed next year, and was succeeded by many other popular works. His Vendredi soir (1835) and Script error: No such module "Lang". (1836) continued the vein of autobiographical romance with which he had made his first success. Script error: No such module "Lang". (1838) is one of his best stories, and his Script error: No such module "Lang". (1845) was deservedly popular. Others were Script error: No such module "Lang". (1848), and Script error: No such module "Lang". (1853), which had some influence in stimulating educational reform.[3]

In 1855 he went to live in Nice, where he indulged his predilections for floriculture, and gave his name to more than one new variety, notably the dahlia (New International Encyclopedia). Indeed, he practically founded the trade in cut flowers on the French Riviera. He was also devoted to fishing, and in Script error: No such module "Lang". (1853) and Script error: No such module "Lang". (1860) he made use of his experiences. His reminiscences, Script error: No such module "Lang"., were published in 1879–1880. He died at Saint-Raphaël, Var.[3]

Family

Karr's brother Eugène was a talented engineer, and his niece Carme Karr was a writer, journalist and suffragist in La Roche-Mabile.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

In April 1832, Karr had a shortlived relationship with actress Juliette Drouet. He allegedly borrowed all of her money and never paid it back.[4] Karr was married to Louise Estelle Clémentine (née Renard de Mentule, born 9 December 1815).[5] They first met in late 1833, and married on 10 February 1834. Their first and only child, Thérèse, was born on 2 September 1834.[6][7][8] By 1845, the couple had been separated for eight and a half years.[9][5]

Writings

Novels

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Woodburytype of Karr c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1876. Photo by Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon.
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  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1833)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1835)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1836)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1838)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1845)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1848)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1853)
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  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1860)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1866)
  • Script error: No such module "Lang". (1879–80)

Journalism

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Title page of 1843 edition of Script error: No such module "Lang". magazine

In 1839, Karr became editor of Le Figaro, to which he had been a constant contributor; and he also started a monthly journal, Script error: No such module "Lang". (The Wasps), of a keenly satirical tone,[3] a publication which brought him the reputation of someone of "imperishable words" and biting wit.[10] The first volumes of the journal, or magazine, were published from 1839-43. Karr attempted to revive the publication of Les Guêpes from 1852–55, an undertaking doomed to failure given the conditions of state censorship (under the regime of Napoleon III).[11]

In 1848, he founded Le Journal.

Memorable quotations

Karr is remembered for many of his statements,[12] including the well-known aphorism plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose,[13] usually translated as "the more things change, the more they stay the same".[14][15] On the proposal to abolish capital punishment, he wrote: "Script error: No such module "Lang"." (i.e., "let the gentlemen who do the murders take the first step").[3]

Legacy

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Street sign in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

Karr is one of the French artists and writers caricatured by Benjamin Roubaud in his drawing Script error: No such module "Lang".. Karr's head is drawn on the body of a wasp (alluding to Script error: No such module "Lang".) and annotated "KARicature" (sic).

The short story "Les Willis" was the basis of Giacomo Puccini's opera Script error: No such module "Lang". (1884).

The bamboo species Bambusa multiplex Alphonse Karr was named in his honour.[16]

Numerous roads have been named after him including:

The Collège Alphonse Karr is in the resort town of Saint-Raphaël on the Côte d'Azur.

References

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  1. ↑ "Notice de personne 'Karr, Alphonse'". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French).
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  3. ↑ a b c d Wikisource One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Script error: No such module "template wrapper".
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  5. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "Lang"., vol. 135, ed. J. Claye, p. 49.
  6. ↑ Stèle pour Alphonse Karr, Louis Virlogeux, Éditions de Cahiers Bourbonnais, 1975. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  7. ↑ Antoine Edmond Poinsot, Script error: No such module "Lang"., éd. Slatkine, 1887. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
  8. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  9. ↑ Arts, collected vol. 11, Minneapolis Society of Fine Arts, 1988. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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  12. ↑ Alphonse Karr a dit... Le Figaro.
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  14. ↑ Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Merriam-Webster.
  15. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
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