Auguste-Charles-Joseph Vitu (7 October 1823Departmental Archives of Hauts-de-Seine, civil status of Meudon, register of births 1823 (vues 28 and 29/38) The act states that the mother usually resides rue Bleue in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. – 5 August 1891Digital archives of the City of Paris, civil status of the 8th district, register of 1891 deaths, act n° 1364 (vue 11/31) See ) was a 19th-century French journalist and writer.
Biography
The natural son of a Parisian rentier, Vitu began his career as a typographer-worker before becoming a journalist. In 1867Panthéon de la Légion d'honneur : dictionnaire biographique des hommes du XIXe, Volume 6, par Théophile Lamathière, page 500 he founded (which he directed until his death in 1891Médias et journalistes de la République, by Marc Martin - 1997 - page 155) and later created the newspaper L’Étendard from which he was lucky to be deposed in August 1868, before the sensational trial filed against the manager Jules Pic. He was chief editor of the Peuple Français at the request of Napoleon III from 1869.
Vitu is mostly known for his book Paris, images et traditions, reprinted several times. He also published a book on the popular jargon of the 15th century and another on Napoleon III whose style of moustache and goatee he adopted.
Auguste Vitu was in turn publisher, political and military historian, literary and theatre critic, novelist, author of finance textbooks.Explanation of the picture of Vitu by Nadar on the site of J. Paul Getty Museum He collaborated with numerous Parisian newspapers and founded Le Bons sens d'Auvergne in Clermont-Ferrand and L'Ami de l'ordre in Grenoble to local policy purposes.
He is buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery (46th division) in Paris. The in the 15th arrondissement of Paris was named after him in 1912.
Main publications date unknown: Histoire de la Typographie, librairie Ch. Delagrave, Paris 1845–1846: Les Chauffeurs du Nord, novel published under the name Vidocq 1851: Révision ou révolution 1852: L’Empereur à Grenoble 1854: L’Histoire de Napoléon III et du rétablissement de l’Empire 1854: Études littéraires sur la Révolution française 1860: La Résurrection de Lazare, with Henri Murger 1860: Ombres et vieux murs 1860: Contes à dormir debout 1861: Le Budget de 1862 1864: Le Guide financier after 1867: Paris : 450 dessins inédits 1868: L’Histoire civile de l’armée 1868: Le Bilan de l’Empire 1869: Qui mange le budget ? 1869: Les Réunions publiques à Paris et Les Réunions électorales à Paris, brochure où l’auteur n’a pour documents que des rapports de police qui dénaturent complètement presque partout la pensée des orateurs 1873: Notice sur François Villon 1874: Le Lendemain de l’Empire 1883: La maison de Molière, winner of the prix Montyon in literature awarded by the Académie française.
Honours Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (15 March 1862 decree) Officier of the Légion d'honneur (30 June 1867 decree)Base Léonore on the site of the Ministère de la Culture.
References
External links
Auguste Vitu on Wikisource His books digitized by the BNF