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Henri Meilhac

1831 - 1897

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Henri Meilhac (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi mɛjak]; 23 February 1830 – 6 July 1897) was a prolific French playwright and opera librettist, known for his collaborations with Ludovic Halévy on comic operas with music by Jacques Offenbach. He also wrote occasionally for serious works including Georges Bizet's Carmen (with Halévy) and Jules Massenet's Manon. Born in Paris, Meilhac began writing for a humorous magazine in 1852, and four years later he began a career as a playwright. In 1860 he collaborated for the first time with Halévy, an old schoolfriend, on a one-act comedy, presented at the Théâtre des Variétés. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Meilhac is the 2,370th most popular writer (up from 3,032nd in 2019), the 2,618th most popular biography from France (up from 3,181st in 2019) and the 324th most popular French Writer.

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Among writers, Henri Meilhac ranks 2,370 out of 7,302. Before him are Jacques Futrelle, Matthías Jochumsson, Guido Guinizelli, Fritz Gerlich, Peter Wessel Zapffe, and Ana Blandiana. After him are Sister Nivedita, Asadi Tusi, Silva Kaputikyan, Annie Proulx, Alexandre Exquemelin, and Michel de Ghelderode.

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Among people born in 1831, Henri Meilhac ranks 47. Before him are Ankō Itosu, Peter Nicolai Arbo, Princess Helena of Nassau, Daniele Comboni, Wilhelm Raabe, and Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt. After him are Heinrich Anton de Bary, Philip Sheridan, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Konstantin Leontiev, Fyodor Bredikhin, and David Edward Hughes. Among people deceased in 1897, Henri Meilhac ranks 33. Before him are Léon Boëllmann, Stanislas de Guaita, Alexei Savrasov, Henry George, Henri d'Orléans, Duke of Aumale, and Fritz Müller. After him are Viktor Meyer, Effie Gray, Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke, Antonio Bazzini, Khurshidbanu Natavan, and David Schwarz.

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Among people born in France, Henri Meilhac ranks 2,618 out of 6,770. Before him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent (1823), François Joseph Paul de Grasse (1722), Hervé Bazin (1911), Bathilde d'Orléans (1750), Yvonne de Gaulle (1900), and Charles, Prince of Soubise (1715). After him are Blanche of Artois (1248), Jean Dieudonné (1906), Christian Kramp (1760), Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), Constance, Duchess of Brittany (1161), and Antoine Pesne (1683).

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Among WRITERS In France

Among writers born in France, Henri Meilhac ranks 324. Before him are Benjamin Péret (1899), Claudine Guérin de Tencin (1682), Étienne Dolet (1509), Walter of Châtillon (1135), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), and Hervé Bazin (1911). After him are Alexandre Exquemelin (1646), Petrus Comestor (1100), Paul Féval, père (1816), Catherine Breillat (1948), André Frossard (1915), and Ernst Robert Curtius (1886).

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