Franc-Nohain

Franc- Nohain, actually Maurice Étienne Legrand, born October 25, 1872 in Corbigny, Nièvre; † 1934 in Paris) was a French writer and librettist.

Franc- Nohain was a lawyer by profession and has held the post of Subpräfekten. He was primarily as a librettist - inter alia for the operetta composer Claude Terrasse - known and poet and was awarded the Knight of the Legion of Honour. He was a member of the Société des Auteurs dramatique and the Société des Auteurs et de musique Compsiteurs. His son Claude Dauphin became an actor, his son Jean Nohain was known primarily as a lyricist singer Mireille Hartuch, and his grandson was the actor, comedian and poet Dominique Nohain.

Works (selection)

  • Poèmes amorphous. Les Inattentions et Sollicitudes. Edition Pouvert, Reims 1969 ( Nachdr d ed Paris 1893).
  • Flutes. Poèmes amorphous, fables, anecdotes, curiosités. Edition de la Revue Blanche, Paris 1898.
  • Les Chansons of trains et des Gares. Edition de la Revue Blanche, Paris, 1899.
  • La nouvelle Cuisinièrie bourgeoisie. Plaisirs de table et soucis du ménage. 2nd edition Edition de la Revue Blanche, Paris 1900.
  • Vingt mille Ames. In 1901.
  • Le Dimanche en famille. Juven, Paris 1902.
  • Au pays de l' instar.
  • Les Joujoux de la vie.
  • Les Gardien des muses. Fasquelle, Paris 1913.
  • Fiche d' histoire politique et sociale contemporaine. Lethielleux, Paris 1905.
  • Robin des Bois.
  • Histoire de la guerre de anecdotique 1914-1915. Lethielleux, Paris 1915/17 (14 vols, together with Paul Delay).
  • Jaboune. Editions Larousse, Vienna 1924.
  • De la mer aux Fosges. Boccard, Paris 1912.
  • Fables. Gründ, Paris 1945 (illustrated by Henri Monnier ).
  • Le Cabinet de lecture. Renaissance des livres, Paris 1921.
  • Le jardin des Bêtes et des Plantes. Le Livre Edition, Paris, 1923.
  • Franc- Nohain: La Grenouille et la Capucin. Proverbe en un acte. Flammarion, Paris, 1900.
  • Jean Absil: Fansou ou Le Chapeau Chinois. Opéra Lyrique. Paris 1944.
  • Alfred Bachelet: Le jardin sur l' Oronte. Drame lyrique en 4 actes et 8 tables. Heugel, Paris 1932 ( free after Maurice Barres ).
  • Émile Jaques- Dalcroze: Le Bonhomme Jadis. Opéra comique en un acte. 1906 ( free after Henri Murger ).
  • Fernand Vandérem: La Victime. Pièce en trois actes. Paris 1914.
  • Maurice Ravel: L' Heure espagnole. Comédie musicale en un acte. In 1905.
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