About Walter Nouvel
Lived 1871 – 1949 (aged 78). Walter Nouvel was a writer.
Walter Fyodorovich Nouvel (; 1871–1949) was a Russian émigré art-lover and writer.
Early life Walter Nouvel met Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, future impresario of the Ballets Russes, when Diaghilev moved to Saint Petersburg to study law. Nouvel made up part of the Nevsky Pickwickians. Nouvel started working as a pseudo-manager for Mir iskusstva in 1898.
Career He co-wrote with Arnold Haskell a biography of Diaghilev (Diaghileff. His Artistic and Private life).
Nouvel fled Soviet Russia in 1919 and worked as secretary and factotum for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.
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Who was Walter Nouvel?
Russian writer (1871–1949)
When was Walter Nouvel born?
Walter Nouvel was born on 14 January 1871.
When did Walter Nouvel die?
Walter Nouvel died on 13 April 1949.
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Walter Nouvel was a writer.
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