Edmond François Valentin About

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French writer and critic (1828-1885)

FranceWritersLived 1828 to 1885 · aged 56

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Languages28

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About in 1875.Caricature of About by André Gill, 1867.About at the time of his first notoriety, by Félix-Henri Giacomotti, 1858 (Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg)The grave of Edmond About in Pere La Chaise Cemetery in Paris

Awards 1

1867Officer of the Legion of Honour

Writers from France 6

Tristan Bernard56.2Antoine François Prévost56.2Maurice Béjart56.3Francis Jammes56.1Edmond Jabès56.3Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont56.1

About this person

Country

France

Category

Writers

Type

Writer / Author

Status

deceased

Dates

Lived 1828 to 1885 · aged 56

Written about in

28 languages

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