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Jules Huret
1864–1915
Best known for lively interviews with the leading writers of his day, this French journalist helped turn the literary interview into a genre of its own. His reporting also ranged far beyond books, taking readers across Europe and the Americas with a sharp eye for society and politics.
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Loges et coulisses
by Jules Huret
Sarah Bernhardt
by Jules Huret
About the author
Born in Boulogne-sur-Mer on April 8, 1863, Jules Huret was a French journalist and man of letters who built his career in Paris after contributing to regional papers. He wrote for several newspapers, including L’Événement and L’Écho de Paris, and became especially known for his skill as an interviewer.
His most famous work, Enquête sur l’évolution littéraire (1891), gathered conversations with many major writers of the period, including Émile Zola, Guy de Maupassant, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Paul Verlaine. The book remains one of the clearest snapshots of French literary life at the end of the nineteenth century.
Huret also worked as a wide-ranging reporter, publishing investigations and travel accounts on social conditions, Germany, America, and Argentina. He died in Paris on February 14, 1915, leaving behind a body of journalism that blends curiosity, access, and a strong sense of the world in motion.