Henri Murger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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novelist and poet from France
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Henri Murger
- Louis-Henri Murger, also known as Henri Murger and Henry Murger (27 March 1822 – 28 January 1861) was a French novelist and poet. He is chiefly distinguished as the author of Scènes de la vie de bohème, from his own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian garret (the top floor of buildings where artists would often live), and member of a loose club of friends who called themselves "the water drinkers" (because they were too poor to afford wine).
- In his writing he combines instinct with pathos, humour and sadness.
- The book is the basis for the operas La bohème (Puccini) and La bohème (Leoncavallo), and, at greater removes, the zarzuela Bohemios (Amadeu Vives), the operetta Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (Kálmán) and the Broadway musical Rent.
- He wrote lyrics as well as novels and stories, the chief being La Chanson de Musette, "a tear," says Gautier, "which has become a pearl of poetry".
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