François Fertiault
French writer (1814-1915)
François Fertiault (25 June 1814 – 5 October 1915) was a French novelist, poet, essayist, and writer of children's literature.
Biography
Early life
Fertiault was born in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, in département Saône-et-Loire, located in central eastern France. His father was a soldier who combatted under Napoléon and died during the German Campaign of 1813. Thanks to the help provided by his uncle and a clerk, François Fertiault attended a school in Chalon-sur-Saône since 1820, where he graduated Baccalauréat at the age of 20.
Early career
During his school years, Fertiault's literary drafts proved to be promising; Fertiault was immediately hired within the editorial board of the newspaper Patriote de Saône-et-Loire and starts working as a literary critic. Then, he settled in Paris, where he worked in the printing house Donbey-Dupré from 8 August 1835. In 1836, he is hired as a secretary in a bank in Bischoffsheim, in département Bas-Rhin, in north-eastern France. He worked there until the French Revolution of 1848.
Publishing
François Fertiault after married Julie Rodde, supported his wife in his literary works, and published several books with her.
Fertiault and his wife settled in Paris a few years later.
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