Amable Bapaume (26 March 1825 – 7 July 1895) was a 19th-century

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, journalist and

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Biography

For several years, Bapaume was a teacher in Paris at the

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and the . In

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, he published a first novel, ''Juana la Lionne''. In the 1860s, under the

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"Henri Normand", he had several comédies en vaudeville published, most of them written in collaboration with

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, then director of ''le Tintamarre''. Having abandoned teaching, Bapaume contributed a number of humorous articles to this newspaper, including a series of ''Medallions etching'' which earned him some trouble with certain fellow of actresses of whom he had drawn very unflattering portraits.

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, ''Dictionnaire universel illustré biographique et bibliographique de la France contemporaine'', Paris : L. Boulanger, 1885, p. 97. When Commerson sold the ''Tintamarre'' to

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and revived the ''Tam-Tam'' in 1872, Bapaume followed him and wrote there articles under the name "Commodore". Like the ''Tintamarre'', the ''Tam-Tam'' was "the newspaper of choice for the insane fantasy and jokes with punch." This unbridled imagination and cheerfully mocking tone are found in ''La Rome tintamarresque, histoire drolatique et anecdotique de Rome depuis sa fondation jusqu'au moyen âge'' et de ''Napoléon Ier, histoire tamtamarresque du grand homme'', that Bapaume published between 1870 and 1872. After he became both the owner and chief editor of the ''Tam-Tam'' after Commerson died in 1879, he continued to publish novels into old age.

Works

;TheatreAccording to A. de Gubernatis, Bapaume may also have written unpublished theatre plays, ''Le Double Deux'' and ''La Folie dans le pétrin'', two comédies en vaudeville in collaboration with Commerson and presented at the Théâtre Déjazet; ''Les Premières Armes de Citrouillard'', two-act comedy; ''La Lionne et le Philistin'', four-act comedy, and ''Service de nuit'', vaudeville, written in collaboration with the

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. *1863: ''Les Égarements de deux billets de banque'', two-act comédie en vaudeville, Paris, Théâtre Déjazet, 16 January *1864: ''La Vengeance de Pistache'', one-act vaudeville, with Commerson, Paris, Théâtre Déjazet, 26 May *1866: ''Doña Framboisias'', one-act folie-vaudeville, with Commerson, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Marigny, 6 July *1867: ''Les Vacances de Cadichet'', one-act vaudeville, with Commerson, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 22 July *1869: ''X. Q. P. G.'', one-act vaudeville, Paris, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, 9 March ;Varia *1846: ''Un Anniversaire. Anniversaire du 13 juillet 1842'' Text online
/small> *1847: ''Juana la Lionne, ou les Jeunes gens d'aujourd'hui'', novel, 3 vol. Text online 12
/small> *1852: ''Oncles et Neveux, ou Rome sous Jules César et Auguste et la France sous Napoléon Bonaparte et Louis-Napoléon'', play in verse, Text online
/small> *1870: ''La Rome tintamarresque, histoire drôlatique et anecdotique de Rome depuis sa fondation jusqu'au moyen âge'', foreword by Commerson *1872: ''Napoléon Ier, histoire tamtamarresque du grand homme'', foreword by Commerson *1878: ''Cœur de lionne'', novel *1882:''Les Requins de Paris'', novel *1888: ''Le Cocher de la duchesse'', novel

References

Sources

* Angelo De Gubernatis, ''Dictionnaire international des écrivains du jour'', Florence, L. Niccolai, t. 1, 1888, (p. 147). {{DEFAULTSORT:Bapaume, Amable 19th-century French dramatists and playwrights 19th-century French journalists French male journalists 19th-century French novelists Writers from Normandy 1825 births 1895 deaths 19th-century French male writers