About Amélie Mesureur
Lived 1853 – 1926 (aged 73). Amélie Mesureur was a French poet, novelist and writer.
Amélie Mesureur (née de Wailly; 3 March 1853 – 7 December 1926 in Paris) was a French poet and novelist, best remembered for her Montyon Prize winning novel Histoire d'un enfant de Paris (1870/71). She was made a knight of the Legion of Honour in 1921.
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Who was Amélie Mesureur?
French poet and novelist (1853-1926)
When was Amélie Mesureur born?
Amélie Mesureur was born on 3 March 1853 in Paris.
When did Amélie Mesureur die?
Amélie Mesureur died on 7 December 1926 in Paris.
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Amélie Mesureur was a poet, novelist and writer.
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Amélie Mesureur was French.
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