Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson
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Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson | |
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| Born | 23 March 1803 Former 6th arrondissement of Paris |
| Died | 24 July 1879 (aged 76) 6th arrondissement of Paris |
| Occupation(s) | Playwright, journalist, writer |
Jean-Louis-Auguste Commerson (2 germinal an XI, 23 March 1803[1] – 24 July 1879) was a 19th-century French writer, journalist and playwright.
A specialist of puns and journalistic "canards" (false report launched in the media in order to mislead the public), Commerson wrote many humorous books, including Pensées d'un emballeur pour faire suite aux « Maximes » de François de La Rochefoucauld (1851), Un million de bouffonneries (1854), Le Petit Tintamarre (1857), La Petite Encyclopédie bouffonne (1860) and Un million de chiquenaudes et menus propos tirés de la Gazette de Merluchon (1880).
He also authored comédies en vaudevilles, alone or in collaboration, and established the periodical Le Tam-tam.
He signed most of his works of his surname but only occasionally used the pen names Joseph-Prudhomme and Joseph Citrouillard.
