Auguste Vacquerie

Auguste Vacquerie (19 November 1819–19 February 1895) was a French journalist and man of letters.

His earlier romantic productions include a volume of poems, L'Enfer de l'esprit (1840); a translation of the Antigone (1844) in collaboration with Paul Meurice; and Tragaldabas (1848), a melodrama.

[citation needed] In 1869 he returned to Paris, and with Meurice and others founded the anti-imperial Rappel.

[2] His other works include Souvent homme varie (1859), a comedy in verse; Jean Baudry (1863), the most successful of his plays; Aujourd'hui et demain (1875); Futura (pub.

In the year of his death, the rue Auguste-Vacquerie, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, was named in his honour.