Jules Vallès

Jules Vallès
Jules Vallès
	Jules Vallès by Gustave Courbet
Born	Jules Vallez; 11 June 1832; Le Puy-en-Velay, Haute-Loire, France
Died	14 February 1885 (aged 52); Paris, France
Occupation	Journalist and author
Nationality	French
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Jules Vallès (1832–1885) was a French journalist, author, and left-wing political activist.

In 1883 he was entirely successful in restarting Le Cri du Peuple as a voice for libertarian and socialist ideas. At the same time he became increasingly ill with diabetes. During a health crisis in November 1884, he was taken to the house of doctor Guebhard and his secretary Séverine. He assigned Hector Malot to be the executor of his will and died on 14 February 1885.^[1]

His funeral was also a major public event, attracting a procession of some 60,000 following the coffin to Père Lachaise Cemetery.^[2]

References

^ Chisholm 1911.
^ Nicholls, Julia (2019-07-18). Revolutionary Thought after the Paris Commune, 1871-1885. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-108-49926-2.

Bibliography

Alain Viala: Préface et commentaires à Jules Vallès "Jacques Vingtras - L'Enfant" Paris: Presses Pocket, 1990
Marie-Claire Bancqaert: Préface et notes à Vallès "L'Insurgé" Paris: Collection Folio/Gallimard, 1979
Bernard Noël: "Dictionnaire de la Commune" Paris: Champs/Flammarion, 1978
Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Vallès, Jules" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 863.