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Tristan Bernard

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Tristan Bernard · Arts & Literature

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French playwright, novelist and humorist of the Belle Époque

When

1866, Besançon, France — 1947, Paris, France

Where

France

Biography

Tristan Bernard is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — French playwright, novelist and humorist of the Belle Époque

How & why

Tristan Bernard was a French playwright, novelist and humorist of the Belle Époque, celebrated for his witty boulevard comedies and aphorisms. Born Paul Bernard into a French Jewish family, he and his wife were briefly deported to Drancy in 1943 before being released after public appeals.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Bernard

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French playwright, novelist and humorist of the Belle Époque

1900

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan_Bernard