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Murger Henri
(1822—1861)

Henri Murger was a French novelist and poet, born at Paris. He is chiefly distinguished as the author of Scènes de la Vie de Bohème, from his own experiences as a desperately poor writer living in a Parisian attic, member of a loose club of friends who called themselves "the water drinkers" (since they had so little money that wine was difficult for them to afford). In his writing he combines instinct with pathos and humour, sadness his predominant tone. The book is the basis for the operas La Bohème (Puccini) and La Bohème (Leoncavallo), and, at greater removes, the zarzuela Bohemios (Amadeu Vives), the operetta Das Veilchen vom Montmartre (Kálmán) and the Broadway musical Rent. He wrote lyrics as well as novels and stories, the chief being La Chanson de Musette, "a tear," says Gautier, "which has become a pearl of poetry".

Irland, 1989, Margaret Burke-Sheridan, «La Boeme»

Italy, 1958, Rodolfo's Attic (La Boheme)

Mali, 1998, Renata Tebaldi as Mimi

Nicaragua, 1975, Jussi Bjoring in «La Boheme»

San-Marino, 2008, La Boheme, Madame Butterfly

Sao Tome e Principe, 2008, Puccini and his operas