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Henri Nicolle

1820–1877

A 19th-century French playwright remembered for light comic theater, he is best known today through surviving editions of his one-act plays. Library records also preserve traces of his literary life in Paris and show that his work continued to circulate long after his death.

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Min Tants Planer: Komedi i en akt

Min Tants Planer: Komedi i en akt

by Henri Nicolle

About the author

Henri Nicolle was a French writer associated with 19th-century drama. Project Gutenberg lists him as Henri Nicolle (1820–1877) and preserves Min Tants Planer, a Swedish edition of one of his one-act comedies, suggesting that his stage work traveled beyond France.

French national library records identify him as Henri Nicolle (1819–1877), so there is a small uncertainty around his birth year. Those records show that he was significant enough to be cataloged in manuscripts and archives, and they also preserve a caricature of him, a nice sign that he had a recognizable place in the literary world of his time.

Little easy-to-confirm biographical detail appears to survive online, so the safest picture is of a playwright whose reputation now rests on cataloged editions and archival traces rather than a widely documented public life. Even so, the surviving records suggest a working man of letters with a foothold in the lively theatrical culture of 19th-century France.