Alphonse Daudet
French novelist
Alphonse Daudet (13 May 1840 – 16 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the father of Léon Daudet and Lucien Daudet. Outside France he is probably best known for his novel Tartarin de Tarrascon. Daudet died of syphilis.
Alphonse Daudet | |
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Born | Nîmes, France | 13 May 1840
Died | 16 December 1897 Paris, France | (aged 57)
Occupation | Novelist, Short story writer, Playwright, Poet |
Literary movement | Naturalism |