Félicien Champsaur, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Félicien Champsaur

French writer

Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1858

Place of Birth: Turriers, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1934

Profession: poet, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Félicien Champsaur (1858–1934) was a French novelist and journalist. Champsaur was born at Turriers, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.
His first novel was the roman à clef Dinah Samuel (1882), said to present portraits of poet Arthur Rimbaud and actress Sarah Bernhardt.
He went on to publish many novels, collections of articles, and other works, including Miss America (1885), Entrée de clowns (1886), Parisiennes (1887), Les Bohémiens (1887), Lulu (1888), L'Amant des danseuses (1888), La Gomme (1889), and Poupée Japonaise (1912), Nora, la guenon devenue femme (1929), a parody loosely based on the career of American dancer Josephine Baker.
He died in Paris.