Albert Delpit

Albert Delpit (January 30, 1849 – January 4, 1893) was a French novelist and playwright.

Biography

Born in 1849 in New Orleans, Albert Delpit was the son of a wealthy tobacco merchant, Jean Adrien Delpit (1806–1883), and Marie Félicité Plaix (1822–1876). His American nationality saved him from death during the Paris Commune; he served as an aide-de-camp to Admiral Saisset, who attempted mediation. In 1883, he engaged in a duel with Alphonse Daudet, accusing him of various literary offenses.

Delpit became a French citizen in 1892. He died on January 5, 1893, at his residence in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery (28th division).

Works

Novels

Les Malédictions (1869) L'Invasion 1870 (1870) Jean-nu-pieds, chronique de 1832 (1874) La Famille Cavalié (1878) La Marquise (1882)

Plays

L'Apothéose de Lamartine (1869) La Voix du maître (1870) Le Fils de Coralie (1880) Le Père de Martial (1883) Mademoiselle de Bressier (1887) Passionnément (1891)

Poetry

Le Repentir, récit d'un curé de campagne (1873) La Vieillesse de Corneille (1877) Sur les bords de la Nonnette et de la Beuvronne (1886)

Others

La Volonté nationale (1870) Huit jours d'histoire : le commandement de l'amiral Saisset du 19 au 25 mars 1871 (1871) Boj srdce mateřského (1886)