Alphonse Salin

Alphonse Salin
Born Nicolas Alphonse Salin
5 July 1798
Montargis
Died 6 June 1878(1878-06-06) (aged 79)
Vincennes
Occupation Playwright, chansonnier

Nicolas Alphonse Salin (5 July 1798 - 6 June 1878) was a French playwright and chansonnier.

Biography

An employee at the Chancellery until 1830 and then at the Hôtel des Monnaies, Paris, where he became chief controller for coinage (1857), his plays were presented on the most mportant Parisian stages of the XIXth century: Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Antoine, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin etc.

His songs were published in Le Caveau. He was made a knignt of the Legion of honour on 13 August 1861 [1]

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