André Beaunier

André Beaunier was a French novelist and literary critic.

Life

The son of an avoué in Évreux, Beaunier entered the École normale supérieure in 1890.
He was the literary reviewer for the Revue des deux Mondes in 1912 then editor and drama critic for l'Écho de Paris in 1916. During the 1920s he lived in Le Vésinet.
In 1908 he married opera singer Jeanne Raunay. He died suddenly in December 1925.

Works

Les Dupont-Leterrier, Paris, 1900La Poésie nouvelle, Paris, 1902Bonshommes de Paris, Paris, 1902L'Art de regarder les tableaux, Émile Lévy, Paris, 1906Éloges, Paris, 1909Les Idées et les Hommes, Plon-Nourrit, ParisLes Limites du cœur, Fasquelle, Paris, 1910Les Carnets de Joseph JoubertLa Crise, three-act comedy, co-written with Paul Bourget Suzanne et le plaisir, 1921