Paul Flat

Paul Flat was a French essayist, novelist, and critic active in Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sources consistently describe him as a contributor to the Revue bleue, where he worked first in art criticism and later in dramatic criticism, and also as a director of the journal. He is also linked with the Revue scientifique, which he edited in the years around 1908 to 1912.

His published work ranged widely. He wrote studies such as Essais sur Balzac and Nos femmes de lettres, and he was involved in the early publication of Eugène Delacroix's journal with René Piot. That mix of literary criticism, art history, and editorial work helps explain why his name appears across both literary and art-historical records.

Some sources list his life dates as 1864–1918, while library records sometimes show 1865–1918. In either case, he belongs to the generation of French critics who helped shape public discussion of literature and the arts before the end of the First World War.