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Henry de Forge
A prolific French writer of novels, plays, and screen stories, he moved easily between popular fiction and the stage. His career also reached early cinema, giving his work a lively, dramatic edge.
1 Audiobook
Dix contes modernes des meilleurs auteurs du jour
by Paul Arène, Alphonse Daudet, Ernest Daudet, Henry de Forge, Ernest Laut, Guy de Maupassant, Montjoyeux, François de Nion, Jacques Normand, Jean du Rébrac
About the author
Born Henry Sazerac de Forge in Nevers on November 27, 1874, he became known as Henry de Forge and built a wide-ranging career in French letters. Reliable library and reference records identify him as a French writer active across fiction and drama, and the dates attached to his work place him firmly in the energetic literary world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
De Forge wrote novels and theatrical works, and his name is also linked to screenwriting during the early decades of film. That mix helps explain the brisk, visual quality often associated with writers of his era: he was working in forms meant both to be read and performed.
His work received formal recognition from the Académie française, including the Prix de Jouy and the Prix Montyon. He died in Paris on March 7, 1943. A suitable confirmed portrait image was not available from the sources checked, so no profile image is included here.