Georges Feydeau

Noëlle Benhamou (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)

Ed. by David Williams, University of Sheffield, Tim Unwin, University of Bristol
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.06: French Writing and Culture: Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Kate Averis (University of Western Australia), Hugo Azerad (University of Cambridge), Patrick ffrench (King's College London), Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Akane Kawakami (Birkbeck, University of London), Siobhán McIlvanney (King's College London), Sinan Richards (King's College London), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Dates

Born 8 Dec 1862
Died 1921
Activity 1885-1921

Places

Born in France
Active in France

Activities

Primary

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Feydeau's Works

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Georges Feydeau was born in Paris on 8 December 1862. His mother, Léocadie Bogaslawa Zelewska, was a beautiful woman of Polish extraction, while his father, Ernest Feydeau (1821-1873), was at the time a famous novelist. However, Georges Feydeau was also reputed to be a son of Napoleon III or of the Duc de Morny. In 1866, his parents gave him a sister, Valentine, who died in 1942. Georges Feydeau, a very advanced child, wrote his first play at the age of seven. During the Franco-Prussian War (1870), Feydeau's family left Paris for Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), returning in March 1871, and then left again to go to Homburg (Germany). When the family subsequently returned to Paris, young Feydeau, who as yet had had only private schooling, became a boarder in the

Collège Chaptal

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Citation: Benhamou, Noëlle. "Georges Feydeau". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 November 2006 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=11733, accessed 21 November 2024.]