- Leon Cladel
Léon Cladel (
March 13 ,1835 -July 20 ,1892 ), Frenchnovelist , was born atMontauban (Tarn-et-Garonne). The son of an artisan, he studied law atToulouse and became a solicitor's clerk inParis . Cladel made a reputation in a limited circle by his first book, "Les Martyrs ridicules" (1862), a novel for whichCharles Baudelaire , whose literary disciple Cladel was, wrote a preface. He then returned to his native district ofQuercy , where he produced a series of pictures of peasant life in "Eral le dompteur" (1865),"Le Nomm Qouael" (1868) and other volumes. Returning to Paris he published the two novels which are generally acknowledged as his best work, "Le Bouscassie" (1869) and "La Fete votive de Saint Bartholome Porte-Glaive" (1872). "Une Maudite" (1876) was judged dangerous to the public morals and cost its author a months imprisonment. Other works by Cladel are "Les Va-nu-pieds" (1873), a volume of short stories; "N'a-qu'un-oeil" (1882), "Urbains et ruraux" (1884), "Gueux de marque" (1887), and the posthumous "Juive errante" (1897). He died atSèvres on the 20th of July 1892.See "La Vie de Léon Cladel" (Paris, 1905), by his daughter Judith Cladel, containing also an article on Cladel by Edmond Picard, a complete list of his works, and of the critical articles on his work.
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