Adrien Marx
Adrien Marx was a French journalist, playwright, and writer who lived from 5 March 1837 to 15 July 1906. He is also known by the pen name Jean de Paris. Born in Nancy, France, he originally studied medicine but began writing in 1863 for Étienne Carjat’s Le Boulevard and soon joined Le Figaro, along with other papers owned by Hippolyte de Villemessant.
As Jean de Paris, he wrote a daily column called “Un conseil par jour, guide pratique de la vie usuelle” (A tip every day; a practical guide for everyday life) and helped popularize the interview form. His interviews were collected in Indiscrétions parisiennes, published in L'Événement. He interviewed Jules Verne for Profils intimes and wrote the introduction to an early English translation of Around the World in Eighty Days. He also documented news of the Empress Eugénie’s court for Moniteur universel and wrote under various pseudonyms for many newspapers, including Diogène, Le Nain jaune, Le Peuple français, Le Petit Journal, and Paris-Magazine.
Marx’s plays were produced in Paris at venues such as the Vaudeville, Gymnase-dramatique, Folies-dramatiques, and Bouffes-parisiens. He retired in 1894 to Beaulieu-sur-Mer, where he died in 1906.
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