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Alfred Capus (25 November 1858[1][2] – 1 November 1922) was a Frenchjournalist andplaywright, who was born inAix-en-Provence and died inNeuilly-sur-Seine.
Son of a lawyer fromMarseille, Alfred Capus went to university inToulon. After failing several entrance tests for higher-education schools and working as a draughtsman for a while, he went on to become a journalist.
One of his first articles was anobituary ofDarwin.[3] He went on to write humorous pieces for papers such asGaulois,L'Écho de Paris andL'Illustration. He also wrote forLe Figaro, under the penname ofGraindorge. In 1914, he became the editor ofFigaro. During theFirst World War he wrote stridently patriotic pieces.[citation needed]
On 12 February 1914, he became a member of theAcadémie française.
In 1878, in collaboration with L. Vonoven, he published a volume of short stories; the next year the two produced a one-act piece,Le Mari malgre lui, at the Théâtre Cluny.[4]
His novels,Qui perd gagne (1890),Faux Depart (1891),Année des d'aventures (1895), describe the struggles of three young men at the beginning of their career. From the first of these he took his first comedy,Brignol et sa fille (Vaudeville, November 23, 1894).[4]
The German filmLeontine's Husbands, released in 1928 and starring Claire Rommer, Georg Alexander, Adele Sandrock andTruus van Aalten, was adapted from Capus' 1900 comedyLes Maris de Leontine.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Capus, Alfred".Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 296. This cites Édouard Quet,Alfred Capus (1904), with appreciations by various authors, in the series ofCélébrités d'aujourd'hui.| Cultural offices | ||
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