Alphonse Daudet
Appearance
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 |
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.