Léon de Tinseau

Born in Autun, France, on April 20, 1842, Léon de Tinseau first studied law and began a career in administration before turning fully to literature. He later became known in Parisian literary circles as a novelist of social life and manners.

He published fiction steadily in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and also wrote for important reviews including La Nouvelle Revue, Le Correspondant, La Revue bleue, and L'Illustration. Contemporary reference sources also describe him as a great traveler, a side of his life that helped give his writing a wider horizon.

Tinseau died in Paris on December 24, 1921. Some library records list him as born in 1844, but major authority sources such as the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the French Wikipedia entry give 1842, which is the date followed here.