author
Charles Deslys
1821–1885
A lively 19th-century French man of letters, he moved between the stage and the page, writing fiction, journalism, libretti, and plays. His career carried the energy of travel, performance, and popular storytelling.
1 Audiobook
Kuninkaan toverit
by Charles Deslys
About the author
Born in Paris on March 1, 1821, Charles Deslys was the pen name of Charles Collinet, a French writer, journalist, librettist, and dramatist. He studied at the Lycée Charlemagne, traveled in Italy, and began his artistic life in the theater before building a broad literary career.
Deslys worked as both performer and writer, touring in the south of France as a singer or actor and later publishing numerous stories, plays, and serialized works. That mix of stage experience and popular writing helped shape a career that ranged across several forms rather than staying in a single genre.
He died in Paris on March 13, 1885. Though not as widely remembered today as some of his contemporaries, he was a notably versatile figure in 19th-century French literary life.