Auguste Pittaud de Forges

Auguste Pittaud de Forges
Born	Philippe-Auguste-Alfred Pittaud 5 April 1803 Former 2nd arrondissement of Paris
Died	28 September 1881 (aged 78) Saint-Gratien
Occupation	Playwright

Auguste Pittaud de Forges (5 April 1803 (15 germinal an XI) ^[1] – 28 September 1881,^[2][3]) was a 19th-century French playwright.

Biography

His full name was Philippe-Auguste-Alfred Pittaud. He began his literary career under the pseudonyms Deforges, de Forge or Desforges. In 1861, he was authorized by imperial decree to officially join to his family name that of de Forges,^[4][5] He also used the pen name Paul de Lussan ^[5]

He authored many vaudevilles in collaboration with Adolphe de Leuven, Emmanuel Théaulon, Jean-François Bayard, Louis-Émile Vanderburch, Clairville, Adrien Robert, etc. as well as librettos of several opéras comiques and operettas for Jacques Offenbach (L'alcôve, opéra comique in 1 act -1847-), Luc et Lucette, opéra comique in 1 act -1854-), Paimpol et Périnette, saynète in 1 act -1855-), Le 66, operetta in 1 act -1856-), Les vivandières de la grande-armée, operetta bouffa in 1 act -1859-), Fleurette, oder Trompeter und Näherin (composed as Fleurette c. 1863), opéra comique in 1 act -1872-), Adolphe Adam (Le Bijou perdu, 1853 ; Les Pantins de Violette, 1856), Friedrich von Flotow (La veuve Grapin (revised in 1861 as Madame Bonjour), etc.

Knighted on 5 June 1850, he was named an officer (12 August 1862) of the Legion of Honour. He also was commandor of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (Vatican), commandor of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (Spain), officer in the Order of Léopold (Belgium) and knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (Italy) ^[6]

Iconography

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  Reconstituted birth certificate (recto)

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  Reconstituted birth certificate (verso)

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  Acte reconstitutif des distinctions

Bibliography

• Louis Gustave Vapereau, « Deforges (Philippe-Auguste Pittaud) », Dictionnaire universel des littératures, Paris, Hachette, 1876, (p. 497-98), from Gallica.

References

1. État civil reconstitué de la ville de Paris (vue n°5) and Notice d'autorité de la BNF. A second file (vue n°6) indicates 15 germinal an XII (5 April 1804) ; Vapereau and Larousse mention 1805.
2. Acte n°58 (p. 107), registre des baptêmes, mariages et décès (1878-1882) de la ville de Saint-Gratien sur le site des Archives numérisées du Val d'Oise. This act also mentions the 5 April 1803 as birth date.
3. Pierre Larousse, « Deforges », Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle, t.17, 1890, (p. 1004), from Gallica..
4. Extrait d'acte de naissance reconstitué n°163789, Préfecture du département de la Seine, 3 mars 1873 (cf. Iconography).
5. Georges d'Heylli, « Pittaud de Forges », Dictionnaire des pseudonymes, Dentu, Paris, 1887, (p. 353), from Gallica..
6. Reconstitution de matricules, Grande Chancellerie de la Légion d'honneur, 5 mars 1872 (cf. Iconography).