Eugène Manuel (13 July 18231901),

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and man of letters.

Life

He was born in

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, the son of a Jewish doctor. He was educated at the Ecole Normale, and taught

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for some years in provincial schools and then in Paris. In 1870 he entered the department of public instruction, and in 1878 became inspector-general. His works include: * (1866), which received a prize from the

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* (1874) * (1871) *Patriotic poems, which were forbidden in Alsace-Lorraine by the German authorities * (1881), poems * (4 vols, 1854-1858) *A schoolbook written in collaboration with his brother-in-law, Abraham Ernest Lévi Alvarès * (1870), a drama dealing with social questions, which was crowned by the Academy * (1873), a comedy * (1889), and editions of the works of JB Rousseau (1852) and

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(1884). He died in Paris in 1901. His (2 vols, 1899) contained some fresh poems; to his (Paris, 1905) is prefixed an introductory note by A Cahen.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manuel 1823 births 1901 deaths 19th-century French Jews 19th-century French poets Jewish poets École Normale Supérieure alumni French male poets 19th-century French male writers Writers from Paris