Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
gptkbp:activeYears 1830
1890
gptkbp:associatedWith Romanticism
19th century literature
French_literature
gptkbp:born November 24, 1808
gptkbp:children gptkb:Paul_Karr
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:La_Presse
Le Temps
Le Journal des Débats
gptkbp:died September 29, 1890
gptkbp:famousFor literary criticism
social commentary
witty aphorisms
gptkbp:famousQuote "The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."
"The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing."
"A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else."
"The greatest truths are the simplest."
"The only thing that can be said about the future is that it will be different from the present."
gptkbp:genre humor
satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Jules_Claretie
gptkb:Paul_Bourget
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alphonse_de_Lamartine
Victor Hugo
gptkbp:inspiration satirical writers
French_humorists
gptkbp:knownFor editor of Le Figaro
founder_of_the_journal_Les_Guêpes
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:Les_Guêpes
A Voyage Round My Room
gptkbp:occupation novelist
journalist
dramatist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Strasbourg
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:spouse Marie_Karr
gptkbp:website https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Alphonse_Karr