Émile Rochard


Émile Calixte Rochard was a 19th–20th-century French playwright, novelist and poet.

Biography

He made his debut in literature in 1870 with a comedy, Un Amour de Diane de Poitiers and volunteered during the Franco-Prussian war of 1870.
A drama critic at Gil-Blas, codirector of Théâtre du Châtelet with Félix Duquesnel, director of Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique then of Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, his plays were presented on the most important Parisian stages of the 19th century.
Rochard was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur 9 July 1892.

Works