Gautier, Théophile
(1811–1872)> WRITER
Gautier, Théophile (31 August 1811, Tarbes; 22 October 1872, Neuilly), writer, left his native city for Paris as a very young child. After completing his studies in the capital, he decided to embark upon a career of painting, but he relinquished this ambition in favor of literature. He took part in the battle over Hernani in 1830, the year of the publication of his first volume of verse, and he was soon accepted as one of the foremost figures on the literary scene in France. His writings…