Prosper Mérimée
Novelist, Author
1803 – 1870
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Who was Prosper Mérimée?
Prosper Mérimée was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.
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- Born
- Sep 28, 1803
Paris - Also known as
- Prosper Merimee
- Próspero Merimée
- Mérimée
- Clara Gazul
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Lycée Henri-IV
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- Sep 23, 1870
Cannes
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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