Paul Avenel
Paul Avenel was a 19th-century French writer, poet, goguettier, playwright, chansonnier and journalist. He was the elder brother of historian.
Graduated in 1840 from an école supérieure de commerce, Avenel started studying medicine in 1845 and was an ardent student of Roux, Orfila and Velpeau.
After the 1848 Revolution led him into journalism, he collaborated with many literary and political newspapers. He established and directed le Daguerréotype théâtral '''', worked for the Lycée français, the Mousquetaire, etc. He also wrote poetry, theatre plays and novels.
Avenel was a member of the, the Société des auteurs et compositeurs dramatiques, the Société des gens de lettres and the Société des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique.
Works
;Poetry- 1855: Alcôve et Boudoir, scènes de la comédie humaineL’Antichambre en amour, comedy in verse
- 1867: Les Chansons
- 1870: Les Chansons politiques
- 1864: Les Calicots, comédie-vaudeville in 3 acts with Henri Thiéry, Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques;La Paysanne des Abruzzes, drama in 5 acts, Théâtre Beaumarchais;Les Plaisirs du Dimanche, comédie-vaudeville in four acts, Folies-Dramatiques;Les Amoureux pris par les pieds;Soyez donc concierge;Un oncle du Midi;Le Beau Maréchal;La Revanche de Candaule, opéra comique, Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens;
- 1860: Les Chasseurs de Pigeons, vaudeville in three acts, with Amédée de Jallais, Folies-Dramatiques;Les Deux Apprentis, drama in four acts;Les Amoureux de Lucette,
- 1875: La belle Lina, opérette-bouffe, with Paul Mahalin, music by Charles Hubans, Théâtre de l'Athénée (rue Scribe) etc.
- 1852: Les Tablettes d’un fou ou le Voyage entre deux mondes, 2 vol.Les Étudiants de Paris;Les Calicots;
- 1860: Le Roi de Paris, roman historique;
- 1864: Le Duc des Moines, roman historique;Les Lipans ou les Brigands normands, etc.