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Charles Durand
1863–1907
A French man of letters from Normandy, he wrote under the pen name Carolus d'Harrans and moved from art studies into journalism and fiction. Best remembered around Fécamp, he combined newspaper work with literary writing in the late nineteenth century.
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De profundis! Episode Maritime
by Charles Durand
About the author
Born in Fécamp on August 2, 1863, Charles Durand was a French writer who also used the name Carolus d'Harrans. A local historical source says he studied at the Institution Waroquet and was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts in 1885 before turning instead toward literature.
He became involved with the Journal de Fécamp, the newspaper directed by his father, and is described in archival records as a writer and director of that paper. Library and public-domain book records link him to works published under both his real name and his pen name, including fiction and literary studies.
Durand died in 1907. Although not widely known today, the surviving catalog and archive records show a regional author-journalist whose career was closely tied to Fécamp's literary and newspaper life.