Edmond About

Edmond About tahun 1875

Makam Edmond About di Pemakaman Père-Lachaise, Paris

Edmond François Valentin About (14 Februari 1828 – 16 Januari 1885) merupakan seorang novelis Prancis, humas dan jurnalis.

About lahir di Dieuze, departemen Moselle, region Lorraine, Prancis. Pada akhir kariernya, ia bergabung dengan sekolah Prancis di Athena, ia menyatakan bahwa ia tidak pernah bermaksud untuk mengikuti karier profesor yang dipersiapkan oleh École Normale Supérieure, dan pada tahun 1853 ia kembali ke Prancis dan mengabdikan dirinya pada sastra dan jurnalisme.

Filmografi

• L'uomo dall'orecchio mozzato, directed by Ubaldo Maria Del Colle (Italy, 1916, based on the novel L'Homme à l'oreille cassée)
• Per un figlio, directed by Mario Bonnard (Italy, 1920, based on the novel Germaine)
• Germaine, directed by Augusto Genina and Augusto Camerini (Italy, 1923, based on the novel Germaine)
• The Prince's Child, directed by Luise Fleck and Jacob Fleck (Germany, 1927, loosely based on the novel Le Roi des montagnes)
• The Man with a Broken Ear, directed by Robert Boudrioz (1934, based on the novel L'Homme à l'oreille cassée)
• Mi vida en tus manos, directed by Antonio de Obregón (Spain, 1943, based on the short story Le Buste)
• Trente et Quarante, directed by Gilles Grangier (1945, based on the novel Trente et Quarante)
• Le Roi des montagnes, directed by Willy Rozier (1964, based on the novel Le Roi des montagnes)

Referensi

• Benjamin Willis Wells, A Century of French Fiction, s. v., About

Pranala luar

• Karya tulis oleh atau tentang Edmond About di Wikisource

• Karya Edmond About di Project Gutenberg
• Karya oleh/tentang Edmond About di Internet Archive (pencarian dioptimalkan untuk situs non-Beta)
• Karya Edmond About di LibriVox (buku suara domain umum)
•  "About, Edmond". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. 

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