Gil Blas (periodical)

Gil Blas was the name of the November 19, 1879 daily, from January 20, 1921 sporadically appearing until 4 August 1914 to March 1940 Paris periodical. Founder of mainly literary and culturally oriented publication was the journalist and newspaper editor Auguste Dumont (1816 - 1885), who had also directed Le Figaro among others. Gil Blas excited but from the outset the displeasure of the "guardians of public morality."

Gil Blas ( named after the satirical novel by Alain -René Lesage ) published among others in Émile Zola's novels sequels Germinal and L' oeuvre or of " ten hands " jointly authored novel X. .. roman impromptu. As authors Georges Courteline, Jules Renard, George Auriol, Tristan Bernard et Pierre Veber operated.

Other well-known contributors

Germinal (novel) Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay
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