He wanted his books to be documents introducing life...
French writer. He was born in 1840 in Nimes, in the southern region of France. After his colorful teenage years, which were quite stray and miserable, he wandered around worried about earning his living. He became an assistant teacher at Alais College. He enlisted the help of his brother, Ernest Daudet. He went to Paris.
In 1868, he entered the field of novelism with his work Le Petit Chose (The Little Thing), which tells about the early days of his life. He is known as a storyteller with his works Lettres de mon Moulin (Letters from My Mill - 1869), Contes du Lundi (Monday Speeches - 1873), as well as some of his writings. But it should be noted that he is a true novelist. Daudet, who foregrounds grace and grace in his stories, revealed a hero who attracted popular attention in his novel Tartarin de Tarascon (1872). This work was followed by the novels Fromont Jeune et Risler aine (Young Froman and Grand Risler - 1874), Jack (1876), Le Nabab (1877), L'Evangeliste (Gospel Writer - 1883), and Daudet found the final form of his novel in these works. His novel Sapho (1884) is considered the best of his works.
He has been a member of the Concurt Academy since its establishment. Although his works fall into the naturalist school, they are not completely naturalistic. Another feature of him is that he wants his books to be documents that introduce life.
Daudet, who is the same age as Emile Zola, took part in the naturalist movement that would be born after 1870. As it is known, the main representatives of this movement are Emile Zola (1840-1902) and Mapussant (1850-1903). Daudet is a writer with a rich past, like Edmond de Goncourt.
It is also possible to say that his works are open to romanticism, naturalism, and realism and oscillate between them. Maybe this is the secret of the charm of his works. His nervous, excited art is more subtle than deep.
Daudet died in Paris in 1897. During the years of his death, the naturalist movement was also dying.