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Henri Lavedan (1859–1940)
Lavedan, Henri (läv-do
‘). A French journalist, critic, novelist, and playwright; born at Orléans, in 1859; died in 1940. He contributed under the pseudonym of “Manchecourt” a series of brilliant articles to Vie Parisienne, Gil Blas, etc., and in the department of fiction produced: ‘Mam’zelle Virtue’ (1885); ‘Queen Janvier’ (1886); ‘Lydie’ (1887); ‘Inconsolable’ (1888); ‘High Life’ (1891); ‘A New Game’ (1892). Of his plays the most notable are: ‘A Family’ (1890); ‘Prince d’Aurec’ (1892); ‘The Two Nobilities’ (1894); ‘The Marionettes’ (1895); ‘Les Viveurs’ (1895); ‘Les Médicis’ (1901); ‘The Duel’ (1904); ‘Le Goût du Vice’ (1911).