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Jacques Normand
1848–1931
A lively French man of letters, he moved easily between poetry, theater, fiction, and journalism, building a career that touched many corners of literary life. His work reflects both wit and versatility, with books and plays that kept him active in Parisian culture for decades.
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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 in Paris in 1848, Jacques Normand was a French writer, poet, playwright, and journalist. He also published under the pen name Jacques Madeleine, and his career ranged across verse, fiction, criticism, and the stage.
Reliable catalog and reference sources show just how broad his output was: he wrote poetry collections, prose works, and plays, and he was also connected with the theatrical world as a critic and dramatist. Some accounts note that he first trained in law and later studied at the École des chartes, which helps explain the mix of discipline and literary curiosity seen across his career.
Normand died in 1931. Though he is not as widely read today as some of his contemporaries, library and reference records preserve a substantial body of work that shows him as a flexible, hardworking author who belonged fully to the rich literary culture of late 19th- and early 20th-century France.