Émile Chevalet
| Émile Chevalet | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1 November 1813 Levroux (Indre) |
| Died | 14 January 1894 (aged 80) Paris |
| Occupation | Journalist Historian Librettist |
Émile Chevalet (1 November 1813 – 14 January 1894) was an 19th-century French homme de lettres, journalist, historian and librettist.
While he was a notary's clerk in the province, Chevalet published a novel in 1832: Amélie ou la grisette de province under the pen name "Émile Rossi". Having unsuccessfully tried his luck in Paris, he returned as a tutor in the province where he married. He was then attached as an employee at the Ministry of War, where he became office manager. From that moment, he wrote very different kinds of books: vaudeville, operetta librettos, plays, short stories, novels, history books, economics and philosophy essays and even education books for regimental schools without author name.
He wrote the libretto of Le violoneux by Offenbach with Eugène Mestépès, the comedy la Canne d’un brave homme, short stories and novels, collaborating notably with Paul Féval on Madame Pistache (1854), Le Roi de la barrière (1855), Roch Farelli (1854) or with Maurice d’Arcis on les Mémoires d’une pièce de cinq francs (1885) ; la Famille d’un émigré ; les 365, annuaire de la littérature et des auteurs contemporains (1858) ; Précis d’histoire moderne et contemporaine (1865) ; Histoire politique et militaire de la Prusse (1867) ; Mil huit cent quarante-huit, le roman dans l’histoire (1878) ; la Question sociale (1882) ; Voyage en Islande (1884).
As a journalist, he collaborated with Le Corsaire and Le Figaro, contributed articles to the Journal de l’armée territoriale under the pseudonym "Théols" and wrote almost alone the Éclaireur du Berry in the last years of his life. He also completed the Dictionnaire d’Administration militaire by Victor Saussine.
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