Mérimée
Americannoun
noun
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The company will bring Johan Inger’s “Carmen,” a stark interpretation of the Prosper Mérimée novella that inspired both the Bizet opera and a 1967 ballet by Alberto Alonso.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2021
On a rainy day in 1857, at Fontainebleau, the royal country estate, Empress Eugénie asked the author Prosper Mérimée to concoct an entertainment.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
Pivot’s competition was inspired by the dictée de Mérimée.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 1, 2016
That is how French writer Prosper Mérimée described the magnetic title character in his 1845 novella, "Carmen."
From Seattle Times • Oct. 5, 2011
The utmost perfection, at least in the short story, is reached by Mérimée and Gautier, little less than such perfection by others.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George
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