Charles Nodier
A versatile French writer, born in 1780; died in 1844. At first a republican, then an ardent royalist, he lived an adventurous life till 1824, when he became librarian to the Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal. He wrote tales, romances, satires, dictionaries, travels, works on entomology, etc., and was a friend of all the literary men of the time, and had a certain influence on the Romantic school of French authors, including Hugo, Dumas, etc.
His works include: Entomological Bibliography (1801); Napoleone (1802), a satiric ode; The Painter of Salzburg (1803), The Exiles, Jean Sbogar (1818), Thérèse Aubert (1819), romances; Dictionary of French Onomatopœia (1808); Picturesque and Romantic Travels in Ancient France (1820); and others.
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